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Ultrathin ZnS nanosheet/carbon nanotube hybrid electrode for high-performance flexible all-solid-state supercapacitor

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Flexible and easily reconfigurable supercapacitors show great promise for application in wearable electronics. In this study, multiwall C nanotubes (CNTs) decorated with hierarchical ultrathin zinc sulfide (ZnS) nanosheets (ZnS@CNT) are synthesized via a facile method. The resulting ZnS@CNT electrode, which delivers a high specific capacitance of 347.3 F·g–1 and an excellent cycling stability, can function as a high-performance electrode for a flexible all-solid-state supercapacitor using a polymer gel electrolyte. Our device exhibits a remarkable specific capacitance of 159.6 F·g–1, a high energy density of 22.3 W·h·kg–1, and a power density of 5 kW·kg–1. It also has high electrochemical performance even under bending or twisting. The all-solid-state supercapacitors can be easily integrated in series to power different commercial light-emitting diodes without an external bias voltage.

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This work is financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 61574122, 51502257, 21373107 and U1304108), the Innovative Research Team (in Science and Technology) in Universities in Henan Province (No. 13IRTSTHN018), the Key Project of Henan Educational Committee (No. 15A140035), and the program for Science & Technology Innovation Talents in Universities of Henan Province (No. 15HASTIT018).

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  1. School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang, 464000, China

    Xiaoyi Hou, Tao Peng, Jinbing Cheng, Qiuhong Yu, Rongjie Luo, Yang Lu & Yongsong Luo

  2. Key Laboratory of Advanced Micro/Nano Functional Materials, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang, 464000, China

    Xiaoyi Hou, Tao Peng, Jinbing Cheng, Qiuhong Yu, Rongjie Luo, Yang Lu & Yongsong Luo

  3. College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang, 471022, China

    Xianming Liu

  4. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

    Jang-Kyo Kim

  5. National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China

    Jun He

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Hou, X., Peng, T., Cheng, J. et al. Ultrathin ZnS nanosheet/carbon nanotube hybrid electrode for high-performance flexible all-solid-state supercapacitor. Nano Res. 10, 2570–2583 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-017-1459-9

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