Issue 8, 2020

Hierarchical Ni(OH)2/Cu(OH)2 interwoven nanosheets in situ grown on Ni–Cu–P alloy plated cotton fabric for flexible high-performance energy storage

Abstract

Flexible energy storage electrodes with high conductivity and capacity are crucial for wearable electronic clothes. Herein, a flexible hierarchical Ni(OH)2/Cu(OH)2 interwoven nanosheets in situ coated on Ni–Cu–P alloy plated cotton fabric textile (NCO/CF), which displays perfect conductive and electrochemical performance, is prepared by electroless deposition and electrochemical oxidation method. While the Ni–Cu–P alloy layer coated on the fabric effectively contributes to excellent mechanical performance and electro-conductivity of the as-prepared NCO/CF electrode, the hierarchical Ni(OH)2/Cu(OH)2 interwoven nanosheets in the oxidation layer effectively lead to a high energy storage performance with a specific areal capacity of 4.7 C cm−2 at a current density of 2 mA cm−2. When the power density of the two-electrode system based on NCO/CF and the carbon cloth (CC) is 2.4 mW cm−2, the energy density is 1.38 mW h cm−2. Furthermore, the flexible solid-state energy storage f-NCO/CF//CC is assembled in a self-powered system and supplies continuous power for electronic devices, demonstrating that NCO/CF is promising to be applied in various energy storage devices to power portable and wearable devices in the future.

Graphical abstract: Hierarchical Ni(OH)2/Cu(OH)2 interwoven nanosheets in situ grown on Ni–Cu–P alloy plated cotton fabric for flexible high-performance energy storage

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
13 Mar 2020
Accepted
04 Jun 2020
First published
05 Jun 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Nanoscale Adv., 2020,2, 3358-3366

Hierarchical Ni(OH)2/Cu(OH)2 interwoven nanosheets in situ grown on Ni–Cu–P alloy plated cotton fabric for flexible high-performance energy storage

M. Zhou, Z. Jin, L. Su, K. Li, H. Zhao, J. Hu, Z. Cai and Y. Zhao, Nanoscale Adv., 2020, 2, 3358 DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00210K

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