title: Polyaniline nanowire arrays aligned on nitrogen-doped carbon fabric for high-performance flexible supercapacitors.
abstract: A combination of vertical polyaniline (PANI) nanowire arrays and nitrogen plasma etched carbon fiber cloths (eCFC) was fabricated to create 3D nanostructured PANI/eCFC composites. The small size of the highly ordered PANI nanowires can greatly reduce the scale of the diffusion length, allowing for the improved utilization of electrode materials. A two-electrode flexible supercapacitor based on PANI/eCFC demonstrates a high specific capacitance (1035 F g(-1) at a current density of 1 A g(-1)), good rate capability (88% capacity retention at 8 A g(-1)), and long-term cycle life (10% capacity loss after 5000 cycles). The lightweight, low-cost, flexible composites are promising candidates for use in energy storage device applications.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University , Shanghai 201620, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Pingping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Yingzhi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xinyi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Lihao
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Qinghua
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang