One-dimensional graphene fibers(GFs)possess excellent properties,including high electrical conductivity,good physical and chemical stability,high thermal conductivity,flexibility,etc.GFs are ideal electrode materials ...One-dimensional graphene fibers(GFs)possess excellent properties,including high electrical conductivity,good physical and chemical stability,high thermal conductivity,flexibility,etc.GFs are ideal electrode materials for fiber-shaped supercapacitors.However,due to the lack of an effective method to manufacture GFs with high specific capacitance,their low energy density hinders their practical application.Herein,we decorated wet-spun graphene oxide fibers(GOFs)by dip-coating them with graphene oxide(GO)solutions containing different contents of lignin to obtain a core-sheath lignin/GO composite fibers.After carbonization and activation,we successfully prepared lignin derived carbon/GF electrodes.The assembled fiber-shaped supercapacitors(FSSCs)exhibit a specific capacitance of 9.98 mF/cm^(2)and an energy density of 0.89μW·h/cm^(2),about 6 times of those of pure GFs(1.57 mF/cm^(2)and 0.14μW·h/cm^(2),respectively),long cycling life and cycling stability.This suggests that the introduction of lignin derived carbon into GFs can effectively increase the specific capacitance and the energy density of FSSCs.展开更多
To investigate the influence of various processing parameters on the mechanical properties of fibers,lignin/graphene oxide(GO)/poly(vinyl alcohol)(PVA)fibers with different mass ratios of lignin and GO to PVA were pre...To investigate the influence of various processing parameters on the mechanical properties of fibers,lignin/graphene oxide(GO)/poly(vinyl alcohol)(PVA)fibers with different mass ratios of lignin and GO to PVA were prepared by gel spinning technique.Air drawing process and spinneret diameters were tuned as the main factors.The tensile strength increased up to 472 MPa with air drawing process applied in 30L0.05GO0.72D-A PVA fibers(air-drawn PVA fibers reinforced by 30%lignin and 0.05%GO spun with a spinneret diameter of 0.72 mm),indicating 17.4%higher than that of the fiber without air drawing process(402 MPa).Similarly,at least a 14.6%increase in Young's modulus has been achieved for 30L0.05GO0.72D-A fiber.In addition,a smaller spinneret diameter(0.72 mm)also led to a 24.9%increase in tensile strength and a 7.7%increase in Young's modulus in comparison with those of 5L0.05GO0.84D-A fibers.展开更多
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51903033)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,China(Nos.2232020G-01 and 20D110110)Shanghai Sailing Program,China(No.19YF1400800)。
文摘One-dimensional graphene fibers(GFs)possess excellent properties,including high electrical conductivity,good physical and chemical stability,high thermal conductivity,flexibility,etc.GFs are ideal electrode materials for fiber-shaped supercapacitors.However,due to the lack of an effective method to manufacture GFs with high specific capacitance,their low energy density hinders their practical application.Herein,we decorated wet-spun graphene oxide fibers(GOFs)by dip-coating them with graphene oxide(GO)solutions containing different contents of lignin to obtain a core-sheath lignin/GO composite fibers.After carbonization and activation,we successfully prepared lignin derived carbon/GF electrodes.The assembled fiber-shaped supercapacitors(FSSCs)exhibit a specific capacitance of 9.98 mF/cm^(2)and an energy density of 0.89μW·h/cm^(2),about 6 times of those of pure GFs(1.57 mF/cm^(2)and 0.14μW·h/cm^(2),respectively),long cycling life and cycling stability.This suggests that the introduction of lignin derived carbon into GFs can effectively increase the specific capacitance and the energy density of FSSCs.
基金Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,China(Nos.20D110110 and 2232020G-01)National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51903033)Shanghai Sailing Program,China(No.19YF1400800)。
文摘To investigate the influence of various processing parameters on the mechanical properties of fibers,lignin/graphene oxide(GO)/poly(vinyl alcohol)(PVA)fibers with different mass ratios of lignin and GO to PVA were prepared by gel spinning technique.Air drawing process and spinneret diameters were tuned as the main factors.The tensile strength increased up to 472 MPa with air drawing process applied in 30L0.05GO0.72D-A PVA fibers(air-drawn PVA fibers reinforced by 30%lignin and 0.05%GO spun with a spinneret diameter of 0.72 mm),indicating 17.4%higher than that of the fiber without air drawing process(402 MPa).Similarly,at least a 14.6%increase in Young's modulus has been achieved for 30L0.05GO0.72D-A fiber.In addition,a smaller spinneret diameter(0.72 mm)also led to a 24.9%increase in tensile strength and a 7.7%increase in Young's modulus in comparison with those of 5L0.05GO0.84D-A fibers.
