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This paper reports the feasibility of the fabrication of Mn3O4-multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) composites by the new salting-out method, which allows direct particle transfer from an aqueous synthesis medium to a 2-propanol suspension for the fabrication of advanced Mn3O4-MWCNT electrodes for supercapacitors. The electrodes show enhanced capacitive performance at high active mass loading due to reduced particle agglomeration and enhanced mixing of the Mn3O4 particles and conductive MWCNT additives. The strategy is based on the multifunctional properties of octanohydroxamic acid, which is used as a capping and dispersing agent for Mn3O4 synthesis and an extractor for particle transfer to the electrode processing medium. Electrochemical studies show that high areal capacitance is achieved at low electrode resistance. The electrodes with an active mass of 40.1 mg cm\u22122 show a capacitance of 4.3 F cm\u22122 at a scan rate of 2 mV s\u22121. Electron microscopy studies reveal changes in electrode microstructure during charge-discharge cycling, which can explain the increase in capacitance. The salting-out method is promising for the development of advanced nanocomposites for energy storage in supercapacitors.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules26020296","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,1,10]],"date-time":"2021-01-10T21:21:45Z","timestamp":1610313705000},"page":"296","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Application of Octanohydroxamic Acid for Salting out Liquid\u2013Liquid Extraction of Materials for Energy Storage in Supercapacitors"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"26","author":[{"given":"Kaelan","family":"Rorabeck","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Materials Science and Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L7, Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Igor","family":"Zhitomirsky","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Materials Science and Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L7, Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,1,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"A2231","DOI":"10.1149\/2.0161712jes","article-title":"Asymmetric supercapacitors using chemically prepared MnO2 as positive electrode materials","volume":"164","author":"Attias","year":"2017","journal-title":"J. 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