Flexible Sodium-Ion Pseudocapacitors Based on 3D Na2Ti3O7 Nanosheet Arrays/Carbon Textiles Anodes

Flexible energy storage devices are critical components for emerging flexible and wearable electronics. Improving the electrochemical performance of flexible energy storage devices depends largely on development of novel electrode architectures and new systems. Here, a new class of flexible energy storage device called flexible sodium-ion pseudocapacitors is developed based on 3D-flexible Na2Ti3O7 nanosheet arrays/carbon textiles (NTO/CT) as anode and flexible reduced graphene oxide film (GFs) as cathode without metal current collectors or conducting additives. The NTO/CT anode with advanced electrode architectures is fabricated by directly growing Na2Ti3O7 nanosheet arrays on carbon textiles with robust adhesion through a simple hydrothermal process. The flexible GF//NTO/CT configuration achieves a high energy density of 55 Wh kg(-1) and high power density of 3000 W kg(-1). Taking the fully packaged flexible sodium-ion pseudocapacitors into consideration, the maximum practical volumetric energy density and power density reach up to 1.3 mWh cm(-3) and 70 mW cm(-3), respectively. In addition, the flexible GF//NTO/CT device demonstrates a stable electrochemical performances with almost 100% capacitance retention under harsh mechanical deformation.