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Laser irradiation of graphite foils as robust current collectors for high-mass loaded electrodes of supercapacitors

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Conductive substrates with low cost, lightweight, and chemical stability have been highly recognized as alternative current collectors for energy storage devices. Graphite foil is promising to fulfill these requests, whereas the inert surface chemistry denies its possibility as the carrier with high-mass loading active species. Herein, we report a facile yet efficient laser-mediated strategy to fast regulate graphite foils for robustly loading active species. The smooth and hydrophobic graphite foil surface turned to be a rough, super-hydrophilic one containing oxygen-rich clusters after lasering. The reconstructed surface affords anchors for active species, such as nanostructured MnO2, FeOOH, and Fe2O3, with the highest loading mass of 20 mg·cm−2. The high-mass loading MnO2 electrode offers an areal capacitance of 3933 mF·cm−2 at 1 mA·cm−2. Then, the asymmetric supercapacitor, fabricated by MnO2 and Fe2O3 deposited laser-irradiated graphite foils, exhibits improved performance with high energy density, large power capability, and long-term stability. The strategy suggests a reliable way to produce alternative current collectors for robust energy storage devices.

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成本低廉、密度小、化学稳定性好的导电基底是储能器件潜在的高性能集流体。石墨箔可以同时满足上述要求, 然而其惰性的表面化学特性难以实现高载量担载活性物质。本文报道了一种激光辅助石墨箔表面结构快速改性策略, 实现了基于激光改性石墨箔高负载量电极的制备。经激光辐照处理, 光滑、疏水的石墨箔表面变为由富氧团簇构成的亲水、粗糙表面。重构的表面为活性物质, 例如MnO2、FeOOH 以及Fe2O3 等的负载提供了大量位点, 实现了高达20 mg·cm-2 的活性物质负载量。其中, 高载量MnO2 电极在1 mA·cm-2 电流密度下可以实现高达3933 mF·cm-2 的面积比电容。随后, 我们利用基于激光改性石墨箔集流体的高载量MnO2 电极和Fe2O3 电极构筑了非对称电容器, 该器件表现出高能量密度和功率密度以及长循环稳定性。本文提供的技术策略为制备高性能新型集流体提供了一条潜在的技术策略。

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21975287, 22179145 and 22138013), Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation (No. ZR2020ZD08), the Startup Support Grant from China University of Petroleum (East China), and the Technological Development Grant from Shandong Energy Group Co., Ltd.

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  3. New Energy Division, Shandong Energy Group Co., Ltd, Zoucheng, 273500, China

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Sun, XT., Wan, Y., Wang, B. et al. Laser irradiation of graphite foils as robust current collectors for high-mass loaded electrodes of supercapacitors. Rare Met. 41, 4094–4103 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-022-02090-2

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