Solid‐State Supercapacitor Based on Activated Carbon Cloths Exhibits Excellent Rate Capability

Abstract
Activated carbon cloth is used as an electrode, achieving an excellent areal capacitance of 88 mF/cm2 (8.8 mF/g) without the use of any other capacitive materials. Significantly, when it is incorporated as part of a symmetric solid-state supercapacitor device, a remarkable charge/discharge rate capability is observed; 50% of the capacitance is retained when the charging rate increases from 10 to 10 000 mV/s.
Funding Information
  • UC Chancellor's Dissertation-Year Fellowship
  • Natural Science Foundations of China (90923008, J1103305)
  • Natural Science Foundations of Guangdong Province (9251027501000002)
  • Academic New Artist Ministry of Education Doctoral Post Graduate (China)
  • China Scholarship Council