School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China.
Center for Composite Materials and Structure, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China.
ACS Nano. 2023 Feb 14;17(3):2487-2496. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.2c10065. Epub 2023 Feb 1.
Fiber supercapacitors are promising power supplies suitable for wearable electronics, but the internally insufficient cross-linking and random structure of fiber electrodes restrict their performance. This study describes how interfacial cross-linking and oriented structure can fabricate an MXene fiber with high flexibility and electrochemical performance. The continuous and highly oriented macroscopic fibers were constructed by 2D MXene sheets a liquid-crystalline wet-spinning assembly. The oxyanion-enriched terminations of surface-modified MXene could reinforce the interfacial cross-linking by electrostatic interactions while mediating the sheet-to-sheet lamellar structure within the fiber. The resultant MXene fiber exhibits high electrical conductivity (3545 S cm) and mechanical strength (205.5 MPa) and high pseudocapacitance charge storage capability up to 1570.5 F cm. Notably, the assembled fiber supercapacitor delivers an energy density of 77.6 mWh cm at 401.9 mW cm, exceptional flexibility and stability exhibiting ∼99.5% capacitance retention under mechanical deformation, and can be integrated into commercial textiles to power microelectronic devices. This work provides insight into the fabrication of an advanced MXene fiber and the development of high-performance flexible fiber supercapacitors.
纤维超级电容器是一种很有前途的电源,适用于可穿戴电子设备,但纤维电极内部交联不足和结构杂乱限制了它们的性能。本研究描述了如何通过界面交联和定向结构来制造具有高柔韧性和电化学性能的 MXene 纤维。通过二维 MXene 片的液晶湿法纺丝组装,构建了连续的、高度取向的宏观纤维。表面改性的 MXene 中的阴离子富端可以通过静电相互作用增强界面交联,同时在纤维内调节片层结构。所得的 MXene 纤维表现出高导电性(3545 S cm)和机械强度(205.5 MPa)以及高达 1570.5 F cm 的赝电容电荷存储能力。值得注意的是,组装后的纤维超级电容器在 401.9 mW cm 的功率密度下提供了 77.6 mWh cm 的能量密度,具有出色的灵活性和稳定性,在机械变形下表现出约 99.5%的电容保持率,并且可以集成到商业纺织品中为微电子设备供电。这项工作为制造先进的 MXene 纤维和开发高性能柔性纤维超级电容器提供了思路。