Carbon Energy (May 2024)

High‐rate metal‐free MXene microsupercapacitors on paper substrates

  • Han Xue,
  • Po‐Han Huang,
  • Lee‐Lun Lai,
  • Yingchun Su,
  • Axel Strömberg,
  • Gaolong Cao,
  • Yuzhu Fan,
  • Sergiy Khartsev,
  • Mats Göthelid,
  • Yan‐Ting Sun,
  • Jonas Weissenrieder,
  • Kristinn B. Gylfason,
  • Frank Niklaus,
  • Jiantong Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/cey2.442
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 5
pp. n/a – n/a

Abstract

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Abstract MXene is a promising energy storage material for miniaturized microbatteries and microsupercapacitors (MSCs). Despite its superior electrochemical performance, only a few studies have reported MXene‐based ultrahigh‐rate (>1000 mV s−1) on‐paper MSCs, mainly due to the reduced electrical conductance of MXene films deposited on paper. Herein, ultrahigh‐rate metal‐free on‐paper MSCs based on heterogeneous MXene/poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene)‐poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS)‐stack electrodes are fabricated through the combination of direct ink writing and femtosecond laser scribing. With a footprint area of only 20 mm2, the on‐paper MSCs exhibit excellent high‐rate capacitive behavior with an areal capacitance of 5.7 mF cm−2 and long cycle life (>95% capacitance retention after 10,000 cycles) at a high scan rate of 1000 mV s−1, outperforming most of the present on‐paper MSCs. Furthermore, the heterogeneous MXene/PEDOT:PSS electrodes can interconnect individual MSCs into metal‐free on‐paper MSC arrays, which can also be simultaneously charged/discharged at 1000 mV s−1, showing scalable capacitive performance. The heterogeneous MXene/PEDOT:PSS stacks are a promising electrode structure for on‐paper MSCs to serve as ultrafast miniaturized energy storage components for emerging paper electronics.

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