Content of review 1, reviewed on April 22, 2025

This study reports the synthesis of organic molecule stabilized nickel ferrocyanide (NFC) nanoparticles using a complexation mediated route. The supercapacitor device exhibited maximum specific energy and specific power of 44 Wh/kg and 6067 W/kg, respectively, with moderately good cycle life (89% capacitance retention after 5000 cycles). The work may be considered for publication after revision.

  1. Cycling stability performance of the electrodes are not upto the good values. Authors should atleast include data of 10, 000 cycles. Also, possible approaches to improve the stability should be discussed.

  2. Information on the interaction, bonding and charge transfer processes of the organic molecule and nickel ferrocyanide (NFC) nanoparticles should be discussed in detail with further supported experimental data.

  3. Zeta potential analysis of the electrodes may be useful to understand important properties.

  4. Authors are suggested to characterize the electrodes by XRD, XPS and Raman spectroscopy after long cycling tests to gain insights to the charge storage mechanisms and about the involved redox reactions.

  5. The cycling tests are carried out by a high current density of 10.0 A/g. Authors need to perform the experiments at a slow current density. Accordingly the performance should be highlighted.

  6. Authors should provide in depth discussion on the involved redox reactions observed in the CV curves at low scan rates.

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Content of review 2, reviewed on May 13, 2025

Authors have revised the manuscript as per the suggestions. It is recommended for publication.

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    © 2025 the Reviewer.

References

    Pooja, K., Lungelo, L., Chandan, S., K., G. S., Harishchandra, S., Kaushik, M. 2025. Investigation of energy storage performance in organic molecule-stabilized nickel ferrocyanide nanoparticles for supercapacitor applications. Materials Advances.