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Fabrication of uniform MnO2 layer-modified activated carbon cloth for high-performance flexible quasi-solid-state asymmetric supercapacitor

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Aqueous supercapacitors (SCs) attracted widespread attention owing to the advantages of high power density, low-cost, safety and environmental friendliness. However, the improvement of energy density is restricted by low cell voltage. Herein, a uniform MnO2 layer-modified activated carbon cloth (ACC-MnO2) is constructed by controlling the deposited time of MnO2 via a self-limiting electroless deposition process. The targeted flexible electrode exhibits optimal areal capacitance of 423.7 mF/cm2 at 0.5 mA/cm2 and also shows excellent cycle stability ~ 81% of its original value after 10 000 cycles scanned at 100 mV/s. Moreover, the flexible quasi-solid-state asymmetric SCs (FQSASCs) are assembled based on ACC-MnO2 as a flexible positive electrode, ACC as a flexible negative electrode, and PVA-LiCl as a gel electrolyte. The FQSASCs possess an extended voltage up to 2.0 V, show extremely excellent cycle stability (maintaining over 100% capacitance retention value after 5000 cycles at 10 mA/cm2), deliver excellent energy density (0.78 mWh/cm3) and power density (71.86 mW/cm3), and also exhibit superior mechanical properties (keeping over 100% of its initial capacitance after bending at 180° for 500 cycles). FQSASCs reveal potential applications as a candidate in flexible electronic devices.

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The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support from National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no. 22005127) and Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province (Grant nos. 20JR10RA609, 21JR7RA465).

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    Pengcheng Du, Yuman Dong & Yiwei Dong

  2. College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005, People’s Republic of China

    Xue Wang

  3. State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-Ecosystems, Institute of Innovation Ecology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, People’s Republic of China

    Haijuan Zhang

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Du, P., Dong, Y., Dong, Y. et al. Fabrication of uniform MnO2 layer-modified activated carbon cloth for high-performance flexible quasi-solid-state asymmetric supercapacitor. J Mater Sci 57, 3497–3512 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-021-06728-x

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