Rational design of octahedron and nanowire CeO2@MnO2 core–shell heterostructures with outstanding rate capability for asymmetric supercapacitors

Two kinds of novel CeO2@MnO2 nanostructures have been synthesized via a self-assembly strategy. The as-prepared CeO2 nanowire@MnO2 nanostructures exhibited unprecedented pseudocapacitance performance (255 F g−1) with outstanding rate capability. A new mechanism based on the synergistic effect between CeO2 and MnO2 was proposed to interpret this phenomenon. When assembled as an asymmetric supercapacitor, an energy density of 27.5 W h kg−1 with a maximum power density of 1.6 kW kg−1 was achieved for CeO2 nanowire@MnO2 nanostructures.