Molten-NaNH2 activated carbon cloth with high areal capacitance and exceptional rate stability for flexible asymmetric supercapacitors

An effective strategy was proposed to obtain molten-NaNH 2 activated carbon cloth (MACC) for the manufacture of flexible asymmetric supercapacitors. First, the commercial carbon cloth is oxidized by wet chemical treatment and then activated in molten-NaNH 2 . The obtained MACC possess many advantage...

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Published in:Journal of materials science 2019-06, Vol.54 (12), p.9111-9123
Main Authors: Zhou, Shuai, Chen, Ke, Quan, Hongying, Su, Minxing, Zeng, Zhen, Pan, Menghua, Chen, Dezhi, Guo, Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activated carbon
Aqueous electrolytes
Asymmetry
Capacitance
Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
Chemical treatment
Chemistry and Materials Science
Classical Mechanics
Cloth
Crystallography and Scattering Methods
Current density
Electrodes
Energy Materials
Flux density
Functional groups
Materials Science
Polymer Sciences
Solid Mechanics
Supercapacitors
Wettability
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Summary:An effective strategy was proposed to obtain molten-NaNH 2 activated carbon cloth (MACC) for the manufacture of flexible asymmetric supercapacitors. First, the commercial carbon cloth is oxidized by wet chemical treatment and then activated in molten-NaNH 2 . The obtained MACC possess many advantages, including moderate oxygen functional groups and nitrogen heteroatoms, excellent wettability, large surface area, high conductivity and excellent mechanical strength and flexibility. As electrode, the MACC demonstrates a high areal capacitance of 744.5 mF cm −2 at a current density of 1 mA cm −2 , and 692.0 mF cm −2 at a high current density of 50 mA cm −2 with the capacitance retention as high as 92.93% in 6 M KOH. Furthermore, the flexible asymmetrical supercapacitors are fabricated based on the MACC electrode and Co(OH) 2 electrode using aqueous electrolytes. The assembled aqueous supercapacitors can release an areal capacitance of 373.9 mF cm −2 under the current density of 2 mA cm −2 , and the corresponding energy density is up to 1.49 mW cm −3 at the power density of 19.45 mW cm −3 . The impressive results reveal that the as-prepared MACC is a potential electrode for the flexible supercapacitors.
ISSN:0022-2461
1573-4803
DOI:10.1007/s10853-019-03453-4