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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 367, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2020.137488
Keywords
Fiber-shaped flexible supercapacitors; Carbon fiber; Carbon nanotube; MnO2; Polypyrrole
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A novel fiber-shaped asymmetric supercapacitor with high specific capacitance has been successfully constructed, exhibiting a wide potential window, high energy density, great flexibility, and long cycle life. The promising performance of this supercapacitor holds great potential for portable and wearable electronics in the future.
In the study, a novel fiber-shaped asymmetric supercapacitor with high specific capacitance has been successfully constructed by twisting two self-made composite electrodes. Prior to manufacturing these electrodes, carbon nanotube is first deposited on carbon fiber by electrophoretic deposition to obtain carbon fiber/carbon nanotube composites. Subsequently, the positive and negative composite electrodes are prepared by the electrochemical deposition of manganese dioxide and electrochemical polymerization of polypyrrole, respectively. As a result, the novel fiber-shaped asymmetric supercapacitor performs a wide potential window of 1.7 V and a high energy density of 22.8 mu Wh cm(-1) at the current density of 0.5 A g(-1). Meanwhile, it still maintains great capacitance retention of 91.6% and 86.1% from 500 bending repetitions and 5000 cycles, respectively, which is due to the excellent flexibility and long cycle life. It is significant that the promising performance of the novel fiber-shaped asymmetric supercapacitor is of greatly potential for portable and wearable electronics in the future. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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