Highly flexible supercapacitors with manganese oxide nanosheet/carbon cloth electrode
Journal
Electrochimica Acta
Journal Volume
56
Journal Issue
20
Pages
7124-7130
Date Issued
2011
Author(s)
Abstract
We report a simple and cost-effective synthesis of hierarchically porous structure composed of Birnessite-type manganese dioxide (MnO2) nanosheets on flexible carbon cloth (CC) via anodic electrodeposition technique. Petal-shaped MnO2, having sheet thickness of a few nm and typical width of 100 nm, with a strong adhesion on CC is observed. This hierarchically porous MnO2-CC hybrid structure dose exhibit not only excellent capacitance properties, such as up to 425 F g-1 in specific capacitance, but also high crack resistance owing to its efficient release of bending stress, as observed by cyclic voltammetry and galvanostatic charge/discharge measurements under different curvature of bending configurations. Furthermore, flexible supercapacitors based on this kind of MnO2 nanosheet/CC electrode showed significantly improved stability in capacitive performance over 3000 cycles under the bending test, which is highly promising for future applications in flexible energy storage device. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Publisher
Elsevier B.V.
Type
journal article