<p>Hydrogenated titanium dioxide nanotube arrays (H-TiO<sub>2</sub> NTAs) were fabricated through hydrogen atmosphere annealing (600&#xa0;°C) of anodically synthesized TiO<sub>2</sub> NTAs. The H-TiO<sub>2</sub> NTAs achieves an area capacitance of 11.1 mF cm<sup>−2</sup> at a scan rate of 10&#xa0;mV&#xa0;s<sup>−1</sup>, which is approximate eightfold improvement compared to the TiO<sub>2</sub> NTAs electrode (1.41 mF cm<sup>−2</sup>) under the same conditions. The H-TiO<sub>2</sub> NTAs provide a good support for depositing pseudocapacitive materials polypyrrole to form coaxial heterogeneous polypyrrole and H-TiO<sub>2</sub> nanotube hybrids (PPy/H-TiO<sub>2</sub>). Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy results indicate that the hydrogenation improves the conductivity of the TiO<sub>2</sub> NTAs, thus achieving excellent electrochemical performance compared with PPy/H-TiO<sub>2</sub>. Galvanostatic charge–discharge (GCD) analysis revealed that the PPy/H-TiO<sub>2</sub> and PPy/TiO<sub>2</sub> nanotube hybrids have specific capacitances of 873 and 309 F g<sup>−1</sup> at a current density of 0.5 A g<sup>−1</sup>. Moreover, the observed capacitance retention of PPy/H-TiO<sub>2</sub> and PPy/TiO<sub>2</sub> nanotube hybrid is 87.7% and 79.4% at the current density of 20 A g<sup>−1</sup> after 10,000 cycles, respectively. These results confirm that hydrogenation-induced conductivity optimization in TiO<sub>2</sub> NTAs significantly amplifies the electrochemical activity of PPy composites. The synergistic combination of conductive H-TiO<sub>2</sub> substrates with pseudocapacitive PPy demonstrates superior potential for supercapacitor applications, highlighting the critical role of substrate engineering in hybrid electrode design.</p>

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Hydrogenated titania nanotube arrays supporting polypyrrole for supercapacitor electrodes

  • Hongxiu Du,
  • Zirou Zhou,
  • Yuchen Du,
  • Yufei Lin,
  • Yuan Zhao

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Hydrogenated titanium dioxide nanotube arrays (H-TiO2 NTAs) were fabricated through hydrogen atmosphere annealing (600 °C) of anodically synthesized TiO2 NTAs. The H-TiO2 NTAs achieves an area capacitance of 11.1 mF cm−2 at a scan rate of 10 mV s−1, which is approximate eightfold improvement compared to the TiO2 NTAs electrode (1.41 mF cm−2) under the same conditions. The H-TiO2 NTAs provide a good support for depositing pseudocapacitive materials polypyrrole to form coaxial heterogeneous polypyrrole and H-TiO2 nanotube hybrids (PPy/H-TiO2). Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy results indicate that the hydrogenation improves the conductivity of the TiO2 NTAs, thus achieving excellent electrochemical performance compared with PPy/H-TiO2. Galvanostatic charge–discharge (GCD) analysis revealed that the PPy/H-TiO2 and PPy/TiO2 nanotube hybrids have specific capacitances of 873 and 309 F g−1 at a current density of 0.5 A g−1. Moreover, the observed capacitance retention of PPy/H-TiO2 and PPy/TiO2 nanotube hybrid is 87.7% and 79.4% at the current density of 20 A g−1 after 10,000 cycles, respectively. These results confirm that hydrogenation-induced conductivity optimization in TiO2 NTAs significantly amplifies the electrochemical activity of PPy composites. The synergistic combination of conductive H-TiO2 substrates with pseudocapacitive PPy demonstrates superior potential for supercapacitor applications, highlighting the critical role of substrate engineering in hybrid electrode design.