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All pseudocapacitive MXene-PPy//MnO2 flexible asymmetric supercapacitor

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Improving the structure of electrode materials is an effective way to enhance the electrochemical properties of supercapacitors. Titanium carbide (TiC) is a two-dimensional transition metal carbide (MXene) that has been widely studied in the field. Laminating the MXene material with polypyrrole (PPy) not only prevents oxidation but also enhances the properties of the resulting electrode. Carbon cloth (CC) is chosen as the substrate to be loaded with the active material to provide remarkable flexibility. The CC/MXene-PPy electrode has a capacitance of 300.8 F g−1 at 1 A g−1. To obtain supercapacitors with higher energy density, MnO2 materials are attached to the CC surface by chemical deposition. Afterward, CC/MnO2 and CC/MXene-PPy separately as the positive and negative electrodes are assembled to form asymmetric supercapacitors. The device exhibits a capacitance value of 75.3 F g−1 at 10 mV s−1. The asymmetric supercapacitor demonstrates good cycling stability performance, with the capacitance remaining at 86.9% after 5000 cycles at 5 A g−1. Moreover, the asymmetric supercapacitors demonstrate remarkable flexibility performance, showcasing significant potential for the advancement of novel flexible devices.

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Acknowledgements

This work is financially supported by the Research and practice of multi-axis motion system of GE-PAC Control triaxis intelligent device (Project number: NGY2020116), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (22269001), the Key Research Project of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (2021BDE92037), the Key Research and Development Program of Yinchuan (2022XQZD010), and Yinchuan R&D innovation team of advanced energy storage materials and devices (2022CXTD05).

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This work was supported by Research and practice of multi-axis motion system of GE-PAC Control triaxis intelligent device (Grant No. NGY2020116c), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.  22269001), the Key Research Project of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (Grant No. 2021BDE92037), the Key Research and Development Program of Yinchuan (Grant No.  2022XQZD010), and  Yinchuan R&D innovation team of advanced energy storage materials and devices  (Grant No.  2022CXTD05).

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  1. School of Information Engineering, Yinchuan University of Science and Technology, Yinchuan, 750001, People’s Republic of China

    Xinxiu Li & Xiongfei Liu

  2. College of Materials Science and Engineering, North Minzu University, Yinchuan, 750021, People’s Republic of China

    Haidong Xie, Yuqing Qu, Lidong Zhai, Hehang Sun & Chunping Hou

  3. Yinchuan Digital Economy Industry Operation Co., Ltd, Yinchuan, 750002, People’s Republic of China

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    Chunping Hou

  5. Ningxia Research Center of Silicon Target and Silicon-Carbon Negative Material Engineering Technology, Yinchuan, 750021, People’s Republic of China

    Chunping Hou

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XL contributed to conceptualization, methodology, software, data curation, and writing and preparation of the original draft. HX, YF, and YQ contributed to visualization. LZ and HS contributed to Investigation. XL contributed to supervision, software, and validation. CH contributed to writing, reviewing, and editing of the manuscript.

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Li, X., Xie, H., Feng, Y. et al. All pseudocapacitive MXene-PPy//MnO2 flexible asymmetric supercapacitor. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 34, 1878 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-023-11341-6

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