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Hydrothermal activated carbon cloth as electrode materials for symmetric supercapacitors

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Activated commercial carbon cloth (ACC) was prepared by a facile hydrothermal process using a low concentration of hydrogen peroxide as the solvent. Microcracks, mesopores, and oxygen-containing functional groups were formed on the surface of ACC, which significantly enhanced the electrochemical properties for ACC. The ACC showed the high areal-specific capacitance, good rate capability, and excellent cycling stability in the three-electrode system. And the ACC exhibited satisfactory charging–discharging. Furthermore, the symmetric supercapacitor based on the ACC exhibited an areal-specific capacitance of 549.3 mF/cm2 and achieved an energy density of 1.29 mWh/cm3 at a power density of 533.02 mW/cm3 and a high power density of 618.16 mW/cm3 at an energy density of 0.61 mWh/cm3, respectively. Moreover, the outstanding capacitive performance reveals that ACC could be considered as a competitive potential candidate as an electrode for supercapacitor.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61771327) and the Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities.

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    Xiang Lv, Wanxia Huang, Qiwu Shi, Lu Tang & Dengmei Zhou

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Lv, X., Huang, W., Shi, Q. et al. Hydrothermal activated carbon cloth as electrode materials for symmetric supercapacitors. Ionics 26, 1457–1464 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-019-03304-x

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