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Enhanced electrochemical stability of carbon quantum dots-incorporated and ferrous-coordinated polypyrrole for supercapacitor

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Carbon quantum dots-incorporated and ferrous-coordinated polypyrrole (CQDs/PPy-Fe) was designed as active electrode material of supercapacitors to improve electrochemical stability of PPy. The CQDs/PPy-Fe was prepared by incorporating CQDs into PPy-Fe which was formed through electropolymerization of ferrous chloride-coordinated pyrrole monomer. The ferrous-coordinated pyrrole monomer-kept tetrahedron structure could restrain volume swelling or shrinkage of PPy during the charge/discharge process, accordingly leading to improved cycling stability. In addition, the modification of CQDs could enhance the electrical conductivity of PPy and further improved rate capability of PPy. Specifically, CQDs/PPy-Fe showed lower capacity decay ratio of 45.4% than PPy (59.1%) from 1.0 to 20.0 A g−1. The capacitance retention ratio after 2000 cycles of CQDs/PPy-Fe and PPy was 94.6 and 79.4% at 20.0 A g−1, respectively. Moreover, symmetrical supercapacitor based on CQDs/PPy-Fe exhibited high capacitance and cycling stability. The design of CQDs/PPy-Fe presents the promising supercapacitor application for electrochemical energy storage.

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The work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21373047), Graduate Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province (KYLX16_0265), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2242017K41022), and the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions.

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Zhou, Y., Xie, Y. Enhanced electrochemical stability of carbon quantum dots-incorporated and ferrous-coordinated polypyrrole for supercapacitor. J Solid State Electrochem 22, 2515–2529 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-018-3964-5

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