Laser-induced nitrogen-self-doped graphite nanofibers from cyanate ester for on-chip micro-supercapacitors

Authors:Liu, Huilong; Xie, Yingxi; Li, Jiaxiong; Sun, Zhijian; Liu, Junbo; Moon, Kyoung-sik*; Lu, Longsheng; Chen, Yun; Tang, Yong; Chen, Xin; Wong, Ching-Ping*
Source:Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021, 404: 126375.
DOI:10.1016/j.cej.2020.126375

Summary

The fabrication of high-content heteroatoms-doped carbon nanomaterials is crucial for energy storage. Conventional external heteroatoms-doping usually needs complex and time-consuming preparation processes. Here, we report the facile and high-efficient fabrication of high-content (10.3%) nitrogen-self-doped graphite in the form of banyan root hairs-like nanofibers by laser direct writing on nitrogen-enriched cyanate ester. The resulting laser-induced graphite nanofibers (LIGNFs) exhibit high-temperature stability up to 470 degrees C in air, which outperforms the laser-induced graphene (LIG), laser-sculptured carbide and MXenes. The medium power level of laser can produce high quality and uniform distributed nanofibers, while the high power level could generate root nodule-like and even agglomerated nanofibers with more effective conductive network and higher nitrogen content, leading to relatively low quality but lower sheet resistance (21.50 Omega/square). Benefiting from the reverse surface atom-controlled pseudocapacitive effect, the LIGNFs-based on-chip in-plane micro-super-capacitors (LIGNFs-IMSCs) provide a superior areal capacitance of 57.96 mF/cm(2), which is about seven times as high as that of LIG-based IMSCs. Additionally, the LIGNFs-IMSCs present excellent cycling stability and nearly 100% coulombic efficiency after 12,000 cycles. The novel LIGNFs with high-efficient preparation process, high-thermal stability and excellent electrochemical performance may have promising applications for energy storage devices in extreme environments.

  • Institution
    广东工业大学

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