Volume 10, Issue 12 2200939
Research Article

Flexible Zinc-Ion Hybrid Capacitor Based on Interface-Engineered Textile of Waste Face Masks

Mingyang Lan

Mingyang Lan

Guangxi Key Laboratory of Optical and Electronic Materials and Devices, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004 China

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Qifan Liu

Qifan Liu

Sauvage Laboratory for Smart Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 518055 China

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Chao Yang

Corresponding Author

Chao Yang

Guangxi Key Laboratory of Optical and Electronic Materials and Devices, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004 China

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Jianhui Qiu

Jianhui Qiu

Department of Machine Intelligence and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Systems Science and Technology, Akita Prefectural University, Yurihonjo, 015-0055 Japan

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Limin Zang

Corresponding Author

Limin Zang

Guangxi Key Laboratory of Optical and Electronic Materials and Devices, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004 China

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First published: 14 October 2022
Citations: 1

Abstract

Flexible energy storage devices based on textiles have attracted great attention due to their enormous potential in wearable electronics. Herein, flexible zinc-ion hybrid capacitors (ZHCs) are proposed for wearable systems using waste face masks (WFMs) as the substrate and separator. The WFMs are covered with poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) to enhance the surface conductivity. Thereafter, polypyrrole and Zn are grown on the surfaces of WFMs, respectively, by the one-step electrodeposition method. The flexible ZHC consists of surface-engineered textiles which can function as the electrode and current collector. The as-fabricated device possesses excellent specific capacity (105.1 mAh g−1), power density (117.8 W kg−1), and energy density (84.3 Wh kg−1). Besides, it maintains excellent electrochemical performance after 10 000 charge/discharge cycles and 5000 bending cycles. Furthermore, the device is capable of ensuring a stable power supply and driving an electronic meter for nearly a day. This work provides a facile strategy to construct low-cost textile-based flexible ZHCs from WFMs.

Conflict of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Data Availability Statement

Research data are not shared.

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