Journal
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
Volume 324, Issue -, Pages 302-308Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2016.05.070
Keywords
Bonded carbon nanofibers; Cellulose; Electrospinning; Electrode; Supercapacitor
Funding
- China Scholarship Council (CSC)
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Carbon nanofibers with inter-bonded fibrous structure show high supercapacitor performance when being used as electrode materials. Their preparation is highly desirable from cellulose through a pyrolysis technique, because cellulose is an abundant, low cost natural material and its carbonization does not emit toxic substance. However, interconnected carbon nanofibers prepared from electrospun cellulose nanofibers and their capacitive behaviors have not been reported in the research literature. Here we report a facile one-step strategy to prepare inter-bonded carbon nanofibers from partially hydrolyzed cellulose acetate nanofibers, for making high-performance supercapacitors as electrode materials. The inter-fiber connection shows considerable improvement in electrode electrochemical performances. The supercapacitor electrode has a specific capacitance of similar to 241.4 F g(-1) at 1 A g(-1) current density. It maintains high cycling stability (negligible 0.1% capacitance reduction after 10,000 cycles) with a maximum power density of similar to 84.1 kW kg(-1). They may find applications in the development of efficient supercapacitor electrodes for energy storage applications. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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