Preparation and Characterization of Ordered Nanostructured Cobalt Films via Lyotropic Liquid Crystal Templated Electrodeposition Method

Abstract

A simple, inexpensive and less time consuming electrochemical methods were carried out to prepare ordered mesoporous cobalt films. Ordered mesoporous cobalt films were successfully synthesized by templated electrodepostion of hexagonal H1-e Co ion. The electrodeposited mesopores films were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), low angle X-ray diffraction (XRD) and voltammetric methods. The applicability of thin films as high -performance super capacitors electrode materials is demonstrated electrochemically using cyclic voltammetry (CV) technique.