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The application of biomass-based carbon materials in flexible all-solid supercapacitors

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Four different kinds of carbon materials were synthesized successfully from saussurea involucrata, cotton stalk and cellulose by two activation methods (KOH-chemical activation method and mixed molten-salt synthesis). Carbon structures, electrochemical and flexible properties are studied. The saussurea involucrata-based flexible symmetric all-solid states supercapacitor exhibited high electrochemical performances, including high specific capacitance (129 F g−1 at 2 mV s−1) and excellent cycle stability (∼ 85% capacitance retention even after 10,000 cycles). More importantly, it also displays excellent bending endurance, the specific capacitance is almost unchanged after 100 bends. This study shows promising materials in symmetric all-solid state supercapacitor applications.

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Acknowledgements

This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 11774255) and the National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2020YFC2004602).

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Funding was provided by National Natural Science Foundation of China (11774255) and National Key R&D Program of China (973 Program) (2020YFC2004602).

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  2. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832003, People’s Republic of China

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by XZ, MZ, YM and LM. The first draft of the manuscript was written by XZ, MZ and YM. ZC, TY and JL do the test of SEM. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. The whole manuscript was instructed by YM and LM.

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Zhang, X., Zhao, M., Chen, Z. et al. The application of biomass-based carbon materials in flexible all-solid supercapacitors. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 33, 15422–15432 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-022-08449-6

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