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Title Plastic wastes-derived electro-spun nanofiber/MnO2 nanocomposite for flexible supercapacitor application
ID_Doc 29628
Authors Li, XY; Wu, G; Zhang, ZH; Yao, JM; Song, KL; Komarneni, S
Title Plastic wastes-derived electro-spun nanofiber/MnO2 nanocomposite for flexible supercapacitor application
Year 2024
Published
DOI 10.1016/j.polymer.2023.126623
Abstract The usage of plastic bottles in large quantities will cause serious pollution to the environment due to its poor biodegradability. The recycling of plastic waste with high added value for expanded applications needs to be explored and the poor mechanical properties should be resolved at the meantime. Herein, plastic waste was recycled into flexible nanofiber electrode based on electrospinning associated with acidified carbon nanotubes loaded inside/outside and electrodeposition of nano-MnO2 film outside. The fabricated plastic waste-based composites could be directly used as a supportable electrode with high conductivity, multistage aperture structure and efficient pseudo-capacitance. And the further assembled symmetric supercapacitors exhibited excellent flexibility, high energy capacity as the specific capacitance of 118.8 mF/cm2 at a scan rate of 10 mV/s and desirable cycle stability as 97.6 % capacitance retention over 5000 charge/discharge cycles. The strategies presented herein help alleviate the white pollution problem and realize the recycling and utilization of waste plastic products with high added value, which is a cost-effective and sustainable option to promote circular economy.
Author Keywords Plastic waste; Electrospinning; Carbon nanotube; Nano-MnO2; Flexible supercapacitor
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
EID WOS:001166079000001
WoS Category Polymer Science
Research Area Polymer Science
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