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Carbon nanotubes (CNTs)/graphene composite fiber has become an encouraging material for the construction of wearable supercapacitors due to its excellent performance. CNTs/reduced graphene oxide (RGO) composite fibers with large specific surface area were prepared by CVD method using alginic acid (Alg)/graphene oxide (GO) fibers with Ni ions uniformly loaded, the structure and electrochemical performance were investigated. Flexible Alg/GO fiber with diameters of 45 to 125 μm were fabricated by dry-jet wet spinning or wet spinning. CNTs/RGO composite fibers with hollow CNTs in diameters of 150 to 500 nm, which were fabricated by CVD method using Ni as catalyst, exhibited a specific surface area of 366.98 m2 g−1. Electrochemical analysts indicated that the fibers exhibited excellent specific capacitance of 267.8 F g−1 for double-layer capacitors and 49.3 F g−1 for symmetrical capacitors, which implied that the porous composite fiber with large specific surface area is a potential electrode material for fabricating flexible energy storage device.
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Wang, S., Cao, K., Xu, L. et al. Carbon nanotubes/reduced graphene oxide composites as electrode materials for supercapacitors. Appl. Phys. A 128, 81 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-021-05231-z
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