Flexible and high-performance microsupercapacitors with wide temperature tolerance. (October 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jin, Xuting; Zhang, Guofeng; Sun, Guoqiang; Yang, Hongsheng; Xiao, Yukun; Gao, Jian; Zhang, Zhipan; Jiang, Lan; Qu, Liangti
• Is Part Of: Nano energy. Volume 64(2019)
• Publication Date: 2019-10
• Subjects: Microsupercapacitors -- Flexibility -- High performance -- Temperature tolerance; Nanoscience -- Periodicals; Nanotechnology -- Periodicals; Nanostructured materials -- Periodicals; Power resources -- Technological innovations -- Periodicals; Nanoscience; Nanostructured materials; Nanotechnology; Power resources -- Technological innovations; Periodicals; 621.042
• DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2019.103938
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2211-2855

Abstract

Abstract: The development of miniaturized and wearable electronics has triggered an urgent demand for microsupercapacitors (MSs) with high performance, reliable safety and flexibility. However, very few studies have examined the operating performance of MSs at temperatures other than room temperature due to the poor temperature tolerance of conventional polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)-based electrolytes. Herein, a novel class of high-performance flexible MSs has been developed through covering a highly conductive graphene oxide/polyacrylamide (GO-PAA) polyelectrolyte on interdigital microelectrodes of polyimide-tape-supported carbon nanotube/worm-like-structured polyaniline nanofibers patterned by laser direct writing. These polyelectrolyte-based microsupercapacitors (PMSs) show the widest temperature tolerance from −30 °C to 100 °C among all reported MSs, delivering record high areal energy densities and capacitances at −30 °C (7.48 μWh cm −2 and 84.4 mF cm −2 ) and 100 °C (8.55 μWh cm −2 and 96.2 mF cm −2 ). In comparison, PMSs possess over seven times higher specific capacitance than MSs based on current PVA/H2 SO4 electrolyte at −30 °C and 100 °C. Additionally, PMSs also exhibit high safety, excellent cycling stability (94.2% capacitance retention after 8000 cycles even at −30 °C) as well as superior flexibility. Graphical abstract: A novel class of high-performance flexible MSs has been developed through covering a highly conductive graphene oxide/polyacrylamide polyelectrolyte on interdigital microelectrodes of carbon nanotube/worm-like-structured polyaniline nanofibers patterned by laser direct writing. The microdevice delivers record high areal energy densities and capacitances under a wide temperature range from −30 °C (7.48 μWh cm −2 and 84.4 mF cm −2 ) to 100 °C (8.55 μWh cm −2 and 96.2 mF cm −2 ).Image 1 Highlights: Polyimide-tape-supported microelectrodes are patterned by laser direct writing. A highly conductive graphene oxide/polyacrylamide polyelectrolyte is used. Flexible microsupercapacitors with wide temperature tolerance are fabricated. Record areal energy densities and capacitances were observed from −30 °C to 100 °C.