Journal
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
Volume 272, Issue -, Pages 16-23Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.08.049
Keywords
All-solid-state supercapacitors; Flexible; Chemical activation; Thermal annealing; Carbon cloth electrode
Funding
- National Science Foundation of China [51275195, 91323106]
- Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University [IRT13017]
- National Instrument Development Specific Project of China [2011YQ16000204]
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A simple and effective strategy is proposed to activate carbon cloth for the fabrication of flexible and high-performance supercapacitors. Firstly, the carbon cloth surface is exfoliated as nanotextures through wet chemical treatment, then an annealing process is applied at H-2/N-2 atmosphere to reduce the surface oxygen functional groups which are mainly introduced from the first step. The activated carbon cloth electrode shows excellent wettablity, large surface area and delivers remarkable electrochemical performance. A maximum areal capacitance of 485.64 mF cm(-2) at the current density of 2 mA cm(-2) is achieved for the activated carbon cloth electrode, which is considerably larger than the resported results for carbon cloth. Furthermore, the flexible all-solid-state supercapacitor, which is fabricated based on the activated carbon cloth electrodes, shows high areal capacitance, superior cycling stability as well as stable electrochemical performance even under constant bending or twisting conditions. An areal capacitance of 161.28 mF cm(-2) is achieved at the current density of 12.5 mA cm(-2), and 104% of its initial capacitance is retained after 30,000 charging/discharging cycles. This study would also provide an effective way to boost devices' electrochemical performance by accommodating other active materials on the activated carbon cloth. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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