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Vol. 13 (2021)

In-Situ Annealed Ti3C2Tx MXene Based All-Solid-State Flexible Zn-Ion Hybrid Micro Supercapacitor Array with Enhanced Stability

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-021-00634-2
La Li
State Key Laboratory for Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronic Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, People’s Republic of China
Weijia Liu
School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology, Beijing, Beijing 100083, People’s Republic of China
Kai Jiang
Falculty of Hepato‑Pancreato‑Biliary Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Institute of Hepatobiliary Surgery of Chinese PLA and Key Laboratory of Digital Hepetobiliary Surgery, Chinese PLA, Beijing 100853, People’s Republic of China
Di Chen
School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology, Beijing, Beijing 100083, People’s Republic of China
Fengyu Qu
College of Chemical and Chemistry, Harbin Normal University, Harbin, People’s Republic of China
Guozhen Shen
State Key Laboratory for Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronic Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Guozhen Shen

gzshen@semi.ac.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 13 (2021), Article Number: 100

Abstract

Zn-ion hybrid supercapacitors (SCs) are considered as promising energy storage owing to their high energy density compared to traditional SCs. How to realize the miniaturization, patterning, and flexibility of the Zn-ion SCs without affecting the electrochemical performances has special meanings for expanding their applications in wearable integrated electronics. Ti3C2Tx cathode with outstanding conductivity, unique lamellar structure and good mechanical flexibility has been demonstrated tremendous potential in the design of Zn-ion SCs, but achieving long cycling stability and high rate stability is still big challenges. Here, we proposed a facile laser writing approach to fabricate patterned Ti3C2Tx-based Zn-ion micro-supercapacitors (MSCs), followed by the in-situ anneal treatment of the assembled MSCs to improve the long-term stability, which exhibits 80% of the capacitance retention even after 50,000 charge/discharge cycles and superior rate stability. The influence of the cathode thickness on the electrochemical performance of the MSCs is also studied. When the thickness reaches 0.851 µm the maximum areal capacitance of 72.02 mF cm−2 at scan rate of 10 mV s−1, which is 1.77 times higher than that with a thickness of 0.329 µm (35.6 mF cm−2). Moreover, the fabricated Ti3C2Tx based Zn-ion MSCs have excellent flexibility, a digital timer can be driven by the single device even under bending state, a flexible LED displayer of “TiC” logo also can be easily lighted by the MSC arrays under twisting, crimping, and winding conditions, demonstrating the scalable fabrication and application of the fabricated MSCs in portable electronics.


Highlights:


1 Flexible Zn-ion hybrid micro-supercapacitors (MSCs) array was fabricated with Ti3C2Tx as the cathode via laser direct writing method, which present ultrastability up to 50,000 cycles after in-situ annealed treatment.
2 A digital timer driven by the obtained single MSC under bending state, together with a flexible LED displayer of the “TiC” logo lighted by the MSC arrays under twisting, crimping and winding conditions demonstrate the great potential application of the MSCs in integrated wearable electronics.

Keywords

Ti3C2Tx MXene Laser writing Zn-ion hybrid supercapacitor Flexible energy storage
Li, La, Weijia Liu, Kai Jiang, Di Chen, Fengyu Qu, and Guozhen Shen. 2021. “In-Situ Annealed Ti3C2Tx MXene Based All-Solid-State Flexible Zn-Ion Hybrid Micro Supercapacitor Array With Enhanced Stability”. Nano-Micro Letters 13 (April):100. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-021-00634-2.
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