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    Predominated capacitive behavior of Ag-doped magnesium vanadate as a novel electrode material for supercapacitors
    (Elsevier Ltd, 2023-06-11T00:00:00) Umair, Muhammad; Shad, Naveed Akhtar; Hussain, S.; Jilani, Asim; Sajid, Muhammad Munir; Arshad, Muhammad Imran; Hasnain Rana, Hafiz Talha; Sharma, Surender Kumar; Mishra, Yogendra Kumar; Javed, Yasir
    Transition metal vanadate nanostructures are getting significant importance as an efficient electrode material for modern energy storage applications. In this work, a simple hydrothermal method is employed for the synthesis of magnesium vanadate (MgV2O5) and Ag-doped magnesium vanadate (Ag doped MgV3O8) nanomaterials. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis reveals the formation of an orthorhombic structure for magnesium vanadate, whereas the Ag-doped magnesium vanadate results in a monoclinic structure. Interestingly, the optical bandgap is observed to increase from 2.85 eV to 3.92 eV with the increase in Ag-doping as revealed from Tauc's plot of the UV-visible absorption spectrum. The electrochemical performance of magnesium vanadate electrodes is thoroughly investigated by cyclic voltammetry (CV), Galvanostatic charge-discharge (GCD), and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. The Ag-doped magnesium vanadate shows higher specific capacitance (Cs = 706 Fg?1) in comparison to undoped (325 Fg?1) at a current density J = 5 Ag?1. The theoretical investigations through Dunn's model demonstrate a major contribution arises from surface-controlled processes, which increase as high as 91% at scan rate of 60 mVsec?1. Our findings indicate that Ag-doping significantly improves the overall electrochemical response of magnesium vanadate as an efficient electrode material for supercapacitor applications. � 2023 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC
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    Transition Metal-based Perovskite Oxides: Emerging Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution Reaction
    (John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2023-01-23T00:00:00) Deeksha; Kour, Pawanpreet; Ahmed, Imtiaz; Sunny; Sharma, Surender Kumar; Yadav, Kamlesh; Mishra, Yogendra Kumar
    Development of clean and sustainable renewable energy sources is imperative to deal with the future energy crises. Various technologies have been developed in this context, for example, water electrolysis, reversible fuel cell and metal-air batteries etc. However, the sluggish kinetics of oxygen evolution reaction (OER) occurring at the anode of these energy storage/conversion systems becomes a significant hurdle. Recently, researchers utilized noble metals as electrocatalysts to enhance their efficiency still the high cost and scarcity of these materials draw the attention of researchers towards the cost-effective Perovskite oxide nanomaterials due to their extraordinary flexibility. In this review, the importance of perovskite oxide nanomaterials as electrocatalysts for OER is discussed, followed by related reaction mechanisms and series of activity descriptors. Fundamental understanding about the instrumentation, parameters and protocols for the experimental measurements including concerned issues are also summarized. Moreover, various activation strategies adopted in recent years to enhance the electrocatalytic performance of perovskite oxides are also underlined. The article concludes with an outlook of existing challenges and future scope of these materials as electrocatalysts. The challenges and prospects discussed herein may pave the ways to rationally design the highly active and stable perovskites to outperform noble metal-based OER electrocatalysts. � 2023 The Authors. ChemCatChem published by Wiley-VCH GmbH.