Layered double hydroxides (LDHs)
are widely studied as electrode
materials of supercapacitors (SCs) owing to their specific composition
and morphology and plentiful electrochemically active sites. Especially,
nickel cobalt hydroxides can achieve an outstanding electrochemical
performance as electrode materials of SCs because of the synergy effect
between Ni and Co. Herein, ternary LDHs including Ni, Co, and Al (NiCo2Al
x
-LDHs) with different stoichiometric
ratios are synthesized by a facile method to further research the
influences of Al on the morphology and electrochemical performances
of LDHs. Results show that the NiCo2Al0.5-LDHs
electrode delivers a high specific capacitance (1260 F g–1 at 0.5 A g–1) and an excellent capacitance retention
(81.5% of initial capacitance). Besides, an asymmetric supercapacitor
(ASC) assembled with a NiCo2Al0.5-LDHs cathode
and an activated carbon (AC) anode (NiCo2Al0.5-LDHs//AC ASC) exhibits a high energy density of 39 Wh kg–1 with remarkable cycling stability (91.7% of initial capacitance
retention after 6000 cycles at 5 A g–1).