High-performance flexible and self-healable quasi-solid-state zinc-ion hybrid supercapacitor based on borax-crosslinked polyvinyl alcohol/nanocellulose hydrogel electrolyte
- 11 November 2019
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of Materials Chemistry A
- Vol. 7 (46), 26524-26532
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c9ta10944g
Abstract
With the rapid development of wearable electronics, there arises an urgent need to exploit flexible, bendable, and even self-reparative energy storage devices. In order to realize this goal, one should construct suitable gel electrolytes. Herein, a zinc-salt-containing borax-crosslinked polyvinyl alcohol/nanocellulose hydrogel electrolyte is developed, and shows great mechanical properties, intriguing self-healing feature, and high ionic conductivity. To demonstrate the feasibility of this hydrogel electrolyte, a flexible quasi-solid-state zinc-ion hybrid supercapacitor is assembled from the hydrogel electrolyte, cellulose paper cathode, and zinc metal anode. This device can combine the advantages of both zinc-ion batteries and supercapacitors. It exhibits high capacity (56.1 mA h g−1, 504.9 mF cm−2, and 224.4 μA h cm−2 at 0.5 mA cm−2), great rate capability (22.1 mA h g−1 at 10 mA cm−2), and excellent cyclability (95.3% capacity retention over 5000 cycles). It can also be folded, bent, compressed, and even self-healed while sacrificing only a small portion of its capacity. This work opens the door to new possibilities in flexible energy storage.Keywords
Funding Information
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20170917)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (51902165)
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