1. College of Materials Science and Engineering & State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China 2. Key Laboratory of High-Performance Fibers & Products, Ministry of Education, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China 3. Weifang Xinlong Biomaterial Co., Ltd., Weifang 261000, China
Cellulose has a wide range of applications in many fields due to their naturally degradable and low-cost characteristics, but few studies can achieve cellulose-nanofibers by conventional electrospinning. Herein, we demonstrate that the freestanding cellulose-based carbon nanofibers are successfully obtained by a special design of electrospinning firstly, pre-oxidation and high-temperature carbonization (1600 °C), which display a superior electrical conductivity of 31.2 S·cm–1 and larger specific surface area of 35.61 m2·g–1 than that of the polyacrylonitrile-based carbon nanofibers (electrical conductivity of 18.5 S·cm–1, specific surface area of 12 m2·g–1). The NiCo2O4 nanoflake arrays are grown uniformly on the cellulose-based carbon nanofibers successfully by a facile one-step solvothermal and calcination method. The as-prepared cellulose-based carbon nanofibers/NiCo2O4 nanoflake arrays are directly used as electrodes to achieve a high specific capacitance of 1010 F·g–1 at 1 A·g–1 and a good cycling stability with 90.84% capacitance retention after 3000 times at 10 A·g–1. Furthermore, the all-solid-state symmetric supercapacitors assembled from the cellulose-based carbon nanofibers/NiCo2O4 deliver a high energy density of 62 W·h·kg–1 at a power density of 1200 W·kg–1. Six all-solid-state symmetric supercapacitors in series can also power a ‘DHU’ logo consisted of 36 light emitting diodes, confirming that the cellulose-based carbon nanofiber is a promising carbon matrix material for energy storage devices.
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