Abstract:The α-Fe2O3@C is used as a carbon source and is calcined at high temperature with titanium and aluminum powders to form FeO@C/MAX (noted as FCM). The FCM charge storage mechanism is explored by kinetic analysis to quantify the pseudocapacitance percentage of the FCM. The compositional and morphological changes of FCM at different Ti/C ratios and Al/C ratios were investigated by characterization with XRD and SEM. The results show that the content of the MAX phase (Al2Ti4C2-Ti3AlC2 mixture) in the FCM product increases with increasing Ti/C ratio as well as Al/C ratio, and that α-Fe2O3 transforms into unstable FeO. According to electrochemical tests, when the molar ratio of Ti, Al and C is 3:1:2, the maximum specific capacitance of FCM is 168.37 F/g at a sweep rate of 10 mV/s, which is approximately 8 times higher than that of α-Fe2O3. Through kinetic analysis, it was found that the MAX phase present in FCM undergoes redox reactions in electrochemistry, providing conditions for rapid electron transport of particles, adding the proportion of FCM pseudocapacitors. The results show that the pseudocapacitance of the FCM-312 is 22.12% at a sweep rate of 10mV/s.