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Towards Textile Energy Storage from Cotton T‐Shirts
Author(s) -
Bao Lihong,
Li Xiaodong
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201200246
Subject(s) - materials science , supercapacitor , energy storage , textile , electrical conductor , composite number , capacitive sensing , nanotechnology , electrochemical energy conversion , electrochemistry , composite material , electrical engineering , electrode , power (physics) , chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering
A simple chemical activation route is developed to convert insulating cotton T‐shirt textiles into highly conductive and flexible activated carbon textiles (ACTs) for energy‐storage applications. Such conversion gives these ACTs an ideal electrical double‐layer capacitive behavior. The constructed asymmetric supercapacitors based on the ACTs and MnO 2 /ACT composite show superior electrochemical performances.