摘要： Development of a stable and highly active metal oxide based electrochemical supercapacitor is a major challenge. Herein, we report Au-Fe2O3 nanocomposite having tiny amount of gold (3 atomic % Au) by employing a simple redox-mediated synthetic methodology using modified hydrothermal system. Structural and morphological studies of the synthesized Au-Fe2O3 nanocomposite have been performed both experimentally (XRD, IR, Raman, XPS, TEM and FESEM analyses) and theoretically (WIEN2K). A probable dissolution-nucleation-recrystallization growth mechanism has been suggested to explain the morphological transformation from Fe3O4 nanoflake to Au-Fe2O3nanorod. We have observed the superior chemical stability of Au-Fe2O3 nanocomposite in acidic medium due to composite formation. The electrochemical measurement of the synthesized Au-Fe2O3 nanocomposite exhibits specific capacitance of ~570 F g-1 at the current density of 1 A g-1 in 0.5 M H2SO4 electrolyte. The result is superior compared to the mother component i.e., Fe2O3 (138 F g-1) under identical condition. It is credited to its higher specific surface area and composite effect. Theoretically, decrease in band gap associated with increase in conductivity support the superiority of Au-Fe2O3 nanocomposite compared to the mother compound i.e., Fe2O3. In addition, electrochemical kinetic analysis showed that the charge-storage mechanism is mostly from a dominant capacitive process (78 % at 1.5 mV s-1). Solid-state asymmetric supercapacitor device has been fabricated using synthesized Au-Fe2O3 composite nanorod as positive and activated carbon as negative electrodes. The asymmetric solid-state device exhibits maximum energy density of 34.2 Wh kg-1 and power density of 2.73 kW kg-1 at current densities 1 A g-1 and 10 A g-1, respectively. Thus, the synthesized nanocomposite shows excellent activity as a supercapacitor with long term durability (91% capacitance retention) up to 5000 cycles even in acidic medium.