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A stretchable, asymmetric, coaxial fiber-shaped supercapacitor for wearable electronics

Show Author's Information Hua Yuan1,  Guang Wang1,  Yuxing Zhao1,  Yang Liu1,  Yang Wu2( ),  Yuegang Zhang1( )
State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics and Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Tsinghua-Foxconn Nanotechnology Research Center, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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fiber, magnetron sputtering, supercapacitor, asymmetric configuration, coaxial, pseudocapacitive material
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Yuan H, Wang G, Zhao Y, et al. A stretchable, asymmetric, coaxial fiber-shaped supercapacitor for wearable electronics. Nano Research, 2020, 13(6): 1686-1692. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-020-2793-x
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Fiber-shaped supercapacitors (FSCs), owing to their high-power density and feasibility to be integrated into woven clothes, have drawn tremendous attentions as a key device for flexible energy storage. However, how to store more energy while withstanding various types of mechanical deformation is still a challenge for FSCs. Here, based on a magnetron sputtering method, different pseudocapacitive materials are conformally coated on self-supported carbon nanotube aligned films. This fabrication approach enables a stretchable, asymmetric, coaxial fiber-shaped supercapacitors with high performance. The asymmetric electrode configuration that consists of CNT@NiO@MnOx cathode and CNT@Fe2O3 anode successfully extends the FSC’s electrochemical window to 1.8 V in an aqueous electrolyte. As a result, a high specific capacitance of 10.4 F·cm-3 is achieved at a current density of 30 mA·cm-3 corresponding to a high energy density of 4.7 mWh·cm-3. The mechanical stability of the stretchable FSC is demonstrated with a sustainable performance under strains up to 75% and a capacitance retention of 95% after 2,000 cycles under 75% strain.


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A stretchable, asymmetric, coaxial fiber-shaped supercapacitor for wearable electronics

Show Author's information Hua Yuan1, Guang Wang1, Yuxing Zhao1, Yang Liu1, Yang Wu2( ), Yuegang Zhang1( )
State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics and Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Tsinghua-Foxconn Nanotechnology Research Center, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

Abstract

Fiber-shaped supercapacitors (FSCs), owing to their high-power density and feasibility to be integrated into woven clothes, have drawn tremendous attentions as a key device for flexible energy storage. However, how to store more energy while withstanding various types of mechanical deformation is still a challenge for FSCs. Here, based on a magnetron sputtering method, different pseudocapacitive materials are conformally coated on self-supported carbon nanotube aligned films. This fabrication approach enables a stretchable, asymmetric, coaxial fiber-shaped supercapacitors with high performance. The asymmetric electrode configuration that consists of CNT@NiO@MnOx cathode and CNT@Fe2O3 anode successfully extends the FSC’s electrochemical window to 1.8 V in an aqueous electrolyte. As a result, a high specific capacitance of 10.4 F·cm-3 is achieved at a current density of 30 mA·cm-3 corresponding to a high energy density of 4.7 mWh·cm-3. The mechanical stability of the stretchable FSC is demonstrated with a sustainable performance under strains up to 75% and a capacitance retention of 95% after 2,000 cycles under 75% strain.

Keywords: fiber, magnetron sputtering, supercapacitor, asymmetric configuration, coaxial, pseudocapacitive material

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Received: 15 January 2020
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Accepted: 05 April 2020
Published: 11 May 2020
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This work was financially supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2016YFB0100100), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21433013, U1832218, and 21975140).

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