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Direct growth of NiCo2O4 nanosheet arrays on 3D-Ni-modified CFs for enhanced electrochemical storage in flexible supercapacitors

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The rapid development of wearable and portable smart equipment has led to a research boom in flexible energy storage devices. Herein, NiCo2O4 nanosheet arrays have been successfully grown on carbon fibers (CFs), which was firstly modified by the three-dimensional Ni (3D-Ni) to repair the cracks and grooves in the surface of CF. The obtained CFs@3D-Ni/NiCo2O4 electrode possesses a high specific capacity of 736 F/g at 1 A/g current density in the three-electrode system. More importantly, the composite showed excellent electrochemistry stability after temperature plummets. The all-solid-state asymmetric supercapacitor device (ASC) assembled by CFs@3D-Ni/NiCo2O4 delivers a wonderful specific capacity of 176 F/g, a high energy density 55 W h/Kg at 750 W/Kg, excellent cycling stability (about 97.84% after 2000 cycles), and high flexibility (almost no influence in electrical performance at various bending angles). This work has provided a promising method to prepare high performance of the flexible and lightweight energy storage equipment.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial supports from the Program for the Young Top Talents of Hebei Province, Scientific research projects funded by Hebei province talent project training funds (A201803003), the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (Grant Nos. B2019402082 and B2017402110), and the Science and Technology Research and Development Projects of Handan City (19422111008-16).

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    Huanhuan Li, Zhihang Feng, Hongwei Che, Yifan Liu, Zengcai Guo, Xiaoliang Zhang, Zhixiao Zhang, Yanming Wang & Jingbo Mu

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Li, H., Feng, Z., Che, H. et al. Direct growth of NiCo2O4 nanosheet arrays on 3D-Ni-modified CFs for enhanced electrochemical storage in flexible supercapacitors. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 31, 17879–17891 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-020-04341-3

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