“…Here the Ag nanoparticle (NP) is chosen as the conductive additive to MnO x because (1) Ag is less expensive in comparison to other noble metal (e.g., Au, Pt); (2) Ag has a relatively higher operation stability in comparison to transition metals ,, and conducting polymers (e.g., polypyrrole, polyaniline); , and (3) Ag NPs have shown the promise to uniformly distribute with transition metal oxides via a direct gas-phase thermal decomposition of homogeneous aqueous precursors . As depicted in Figure a, droplets of homogeneous Ag and MnO x precursor solution are first created and then precipitation of solid precursor crystallites occurs via gas-phase evaporation-induced self-assembly (EISA), where the multiple components designed for the electrode material are maintained at their molecular level homogeneity within the nanostructure during the spray drying process. − After a downstream thermal decomposition, the aerosols of dried precursor crystallites become spherical Ag–MnO x hybrid nanostructures composed of homogeneously distributed Ag and MnO x crystallites. To our knowledge, this work demonstrates the first published study on the aerosol-based fabrication of Ag nanoparticles decorating manganese oxide hybrid nanostructures as the positive electrode of supercapacitor.…”