Carbonization‐free wood electrode with MXene‐reconstructed porous structure for all‐wood eco‐supercapacitors
Weimin Chen,
Kai Yang,
Min Luo,
Daotong Zhang,
Zhao Li,
Chaozheng Liu,
Xiaoyan Zhou
Affiliations
Weimin Chen
Co‐Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, International Innovation Center for Forest Chemicals and Materials, Engineering Research Center of Fast‐growing Trees and Agri‐fiber Materials, Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing China
Kai Yang
Co‐Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, International Innovation Center for Forest Chemicals and Materials, Engineering Research Center of Fast‐growing Trees and Agri‐fiber Materials, Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing China
Min Luo
Co‐Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, International Innovation Center for Forest Chemicals and Materials, Engineering Research Center of Fast‐growing Trees and Agri‐fiber Materials, Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing China
Daotong Zhang
Co‐Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, International Innovation Center for Forest Chemicals and Materials, Engineering Research Center of Fast‐growing Trees and Agri‐fiber Materials, Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing China
Zhao Li
Co‐Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, International Innovation Center for Forest Chemicals and Materials, Engineering Research Center of Fast‐growing Trees and Agri‐fiber Materials, Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing China
Chaozheng Liu
Co‐Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, International Innovation Center for Forest Chemicals and Materials, Engineering Research Center of Fast‐growing Trees and Agri‐fiber Materials, Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing China
Xiaoyan Zhou
Co‐Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, International Innovation Center for Forest Chemicals and Materials, Engineering Research Center of Fast‐growing Trees and Agri‐fiber Materials, Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing China
Abstract To bypass the conventional high temperature carbonization, MXene with an ultra‐high electrical conductivity and good electrochemical activity is coated on natural wood to make it a free‐standing electrode (TW). TW achieves a high electrical conductivity of 106.4 S m−1 and large capacitance of ~700 mF cm−2 at 0.5 mA cm−2. Furthermore, to overcome the low space utilization of the oversized vessels in wood which leads to a low energy density, a reconstructing strategy is used on TW to fully use the natural porous structure of wood by filling MXene aerogels in vessels. Compared with TW, the MXene aerogel‐loaded TW shows higher electrical conductivity of 323.6 S m−1 and capacitance of 930 mF cm−2 with remarkably high rate capability of 88.2% (0.5–10 mA cm−2). Additionally, an all‐wood eco‐supercapacitor is fabricated, and achieves a high energy density of 23 μW h cm−2 at 577 μW cm−2.
