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Achieving high-performance aqueous Zn-ion hybrid supercapacitors by utilizing zinc-based MOF-derived N-doped carbon

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Aqueous Zn-ion hybrid supercapacitors (ZHSCs) display excellent promise in energy storage technologies due to their integration merits with batteries and supercapacitors and their intrinsic safety. However, it is an important task to develop high-performance cathode materials for ZHSCs. Herein, we assembled a ZHSC by using N-doped porous carbon derived from a zinc-based metal–organic framework (MOF, ZIF-8) as the cathode and zinc as the anode. The assembled ZHSC could deliver a maximum energy density of 121.2 W h kg−1 and excellent power density of 16 kW kg−1, and long-term cycling life with 75% capacitance retention after 20,000 cycles at the current density of 1A g−1. Impressively, the assembled flexible ZHSCs could withstand various angle deformations and drive LED indicators lightning, exhibiting an application promising in wearable electronics.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21975034), the Project Funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, and the Research Project of State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry.

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    Yinghua Wei, Xiaojuan Chen, Gexiang Gao, Daozheng Shen, Hongren Rong & Qi Liu

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Yinhua Wei contributed to the materials synthesis, electrochemical test, analysis, and writing of the manuscript. Xiaojuan Chen and Daozheng Shen contributed to the SEM and TEM measurement and analysis. Gexiang Gao and Hongren Rong helped with the supacacitor assembly process. Q. Liu conceived and coordinated the study and led the writing of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Wei, Y., Chen, X., Gao, G. et al. Achieving high-performance aqueous Zn-ion hybrid supercapacitors by utilizing zinc-based MOF-derived N-doped carbon. Ionics 28, 3477–3488 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-022-04587-3

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