A pseudocapacitive molecule-induced strategy to construct flexible high-performance asymmetric supercapacitors

doi:10.1007/s11705-023-2304-1

Front. Chem. Sci. Eng.

2023, Vol. 17

Issue (9) : 1208-1220 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11705-023-2304-1

RESEARCH ARTICLE

A pseudocapacitive molecule-induced strategy to construct flexible high-performance asymmetric supercapacitors

Yingqi Heng¹, Xiang Qin¹, Heng Fang¹, Genhui Teng¹, Dawei Zhao², Dongying Hu^1,³(

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¹. School of Resources, Environment and Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
². Key Laboratory on Resources Chemicals and Materials of Ministry of Education, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang 110142, China
³. State Key Laboratory of Featured Metal Materials and Life-Cycle Safety for Composite Structures, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China

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Abstract

The combination of high-voltage windows and bending stability remains a challenge for supercapacitors. Here, we present an “advantage-complementary strategy” using sodium lignosulfonate as a pseudocapacitive molecule to regulate the spatial stacking pattern of graphene oxide and the interfacial architectures of graphene oxide and polyaniline. Flexible and sustainable sodium lignosulfonate-based electrodes are successfully developed, showing perfect bending stability and high electronic conductivity and specific capacitance (521 F·g⁻¹ at 0.5 A·g^–1). Due to the resulting rational interfacial structure and stable ion-electron transport, the asymmetric supercapacitors provide a wide voltage window reaching 1.7 V, outstanding bending stability and high energy-power density of 83.87 Wh·kg^–1 at 3.4 kW·kg^–1. These properties are superior to other reported cases of asymmetric energy enrichment. The synergistic strategy of sodium lignosulfonate on graphene oxide and polyaniline is undoubtedly beneficial to advance the process for the construction of green flexible supercapacitors with remarkably wide voltage windows and excellent bending stability.

Keywords molecular synergy pseudocapacitive lignosulfonate flexible electronic devices asymmetric supercapacitor wide voltage windows

Corresponding Author(s): Dongying Hu

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^* These authors contributed equally to this work.

Online First Date: 23 May 2023 Issue Date: 29 August 2023

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Yingqi Heng,Xiang Qin,Heng Fang, et al. A pseudocapacitive molecule-induced strategy to construct flexible high-performance asymmetric supercapacitors[J]. Front. Chem. Sci. Eng., 2023, 17(9): 1208-1220.

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Fig.1 Chemical-molecular interactions and microtopographic effects of GO and PANI using pseudocapacitive molecules of SL: (a) schematic illustration of interactions between components, (b) FTIR spectra, (c) XRD patterns, (d) Raman spectra, (e?l) FE-SEM images of GO-150, LG-150, LGP, LGP-80, LGP-100, LGP-120, LGP-150, LGP-180 films, (m) Cross-section and (n) EDS mappings of LGP-150 films.

Fig.2 Pseudocapacitive molecule-induced strategy for flexible SL-based electrode: (a, b) design, construction, and molecular synergy of LG-150 and LGP-150 electrodes, (c) XPS survey spectra, (d) XPS peak fitting results for the C1s region, (e–h) N1s and C1s spectra.

Fig.3 Electrochemical index and bending stability of LGP-150 electrode: (a) three-electrode testing model, (b, c) CV and GCD curves, (d, e) CV curves and specific capacitance at different bending angles at 5 mV?s^–1, (f, g) CV curves and specific capacitance at 5 mV?s^–1 for different folding cycles.

Fig.4 The electrochemical performance, pseudocapacitor intrinsic boosting mechanism and bending stability of LGP-150-based symmetric ASSSCs: (a, b) assembly of LG-150 and LGP-150 based symmetric ASSSCs, (c–f) CV curves, GCD curves, specific capacitance changes, and EIS fitting results, (g) the capacitively-controlled oxidation-reduction process of LGP-150 based symmetric ASSSCs, (h) CV curves at 50 mV?s^–1 at different bending angles (The inset shows the digital of the flexible ASSSCs), (i) power-law relationships, (j) plot of capacitive contribution to the total current at 10 mV?s^–1, (k) 83% of the total current is capacitive, capacitance contribution at different scan rates.

Fig.5 High-voltage window and bending stability of LGP-150-based symmetric ASSSCs: (a) crossover from narrow to wide potential window, (b, c) CV at 50 mV?s^–1 and GCD curves of LGP-150 based symmetric ASSSCs at 1 A?g^–1 over potential windows of 0–0.8 to 0–1.5 V, (d) construction of series or parallel symmetric ASSSCs, (e, f) CV and GCD curves of LG-150 and LGP-150-based symmetric ASSSCs in series or parallel, (g, h) capacitance retention and coulomb efficiency under 10000 cycles of GCD tests, (i) energy-power density curves of LG-150 and LGP-150-based symmetric ASSSCs.

Fig.6 High-voltage window, bending and cycling stability of LG-150 and LGP-150-based asymmetric ASSSCs: (a) assembly of LG-150 and LGP-150 based asymmetric ASSSCs, (b–d) CV, GCD, EIS fitting curve, (e) CV curves at 10 mV?s^–1 at different bending angles, (f) optical images of lighted diodes, (g, h) cyclic stability of 5000 cycles GCD tests at 5 A?g^–1, (i) energy-power density curves.

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