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Three-dimensional porous layered double hydroxides growing on carbon cloth as binder-free electrodes for supercapacitors

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In this work, a three-dimensional (3D) porous hybrid nickel/aluminum layered double hydroxide (Ni/Al-LDH)-carbon cloth (CC), the working electrode without binders or conductive additions for supercapacitor, was successfully synthesized via facile one-step hydrothermal method. The as-obtained Ni/Al-LDH/CC sample exhibited good charge storage performance (the specific capacitance was up to 359 F/g at a current density of 0.3 A/g), as well as superior cycling stability (5.9% capacitance increase after 3000 cycles at 1.0 A/g). Furthermore, an asymmetric supercapacitor, Ni/Al-LDH/CC as positive electrode and activated carbon (AC) as negative electrode (Ni/Al-LDH/CC//AC), achieved a high energy density (20.9 Wh/kg vs. the power density 262.5 W/kg) and good cycle lifetime (83.9% retention of the initial value after 3000 cycle tests at a current density of 0.5 A/g). The unique 3D porous structure and binder-free electrode display great potential in supercapacitors.

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This work was financially supported by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD), the Natural Science Foundation of China (NO.21375116) and Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China (2014M551668). The related measure and analysis instrument for this work was supported by the Testing Center of Yangzhou University.

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Li, D., Li, Y., Zhao, J. et al. Three-dimensional porous layered double hydroxides growing on carbon cloth as binder-free electrodes for supercapacitors. Journal of Materials Research 32, 2487–2496 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2017.227

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