Journal
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
Volume 623, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2023.157095
Keywords
Supercapacitor; MnO2; Bacterial cellulose; Three-dimensional (3D) nanomaterials
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Researchers prepared 3D interconnected mesoporous honeycomb-like carbon from purified bacterial cellulose and grew flower-like MnO2 on it through a simple hydrothermal method. The 3DIHBC/MnO2 electrode showed a reversible specific capacitance of 170F g(-1) at 1 A g-1 and retained 76% impressive long-term cycling stability after 5000 cycles at 10 A g(-1) in an aqueous electrolyte. This highly cost-effective method utilizing cheap biomass carbon can improve the cyclic stability of metal oxides, which is important for environmental protection and mass-producible energy storage.
Bacterial cellulose (BC) has been considered to be an ideal substrate for electrode materials due to its charac-teristics of natural abundance and wide range of sources. Controlling the microscopic morphology of electrode materials can enhance the capacity of BC materials effectively. However, most of the remaining BC derived carbon exhibit morphology of fibers, and the effective method for porous morphology need further studies, let alone the electrochemical properties of the materials used as electrode active material. Here, we prepared 3D interconnected mesoporous honeycomb-like carbon by pyrolysis of purified bacterial cellulose (3DIHBC). Then MnO2 with flower-like morphology was then grown on the 3D carbon with a simple hydrothermal method. The prepared 3DIHBC/MnO2 electrode delivers a reversible specific capacitance of 170F g(-1) at 1 A g-1, and also retains 76% impressive long-term cycling stability after 5000 cycles at 10 A g(-1) in an aqueous electrolyte. This is a highly cost-effective method for the preparation of 3DIHBC/MnO2 composites, and the rational use of cheap biomass carbon can improve the drawback of poor cyclic stability of metal oxides, which is important for environmental protection and mass-producible energy storage.
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