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Highly conductive reduced graphene oxide (rGO) and pseudo-capacitive polypyrrole (PPy) were integrated together to develop a flexible textile electrode for wearable energy storage. The 2D planar cotton-reduced graphene oxide-polydopamine cotton (C-rGO-PDA-PPy) fabric is obtained by designing the reduced graphene oxide-polydopamine cotton (C-rGO-PDA) fabric as a conductive network and then depositing the electrochemical active material PPy. The C-rGO-PDA-PPy fabric electrodes show a superior areal specific capacitance (6650 mF/cm2 at 1 mA/cm2) and outstanding cycling stability. The flexible all-solid-state supercapacitors based on cotton fabric have large areal specific capacitance and excellent cycle stability. Meanwhile the energy density of the device can be as high as 140.44 µWh/cm2 when the power density is 0.37 mW/cm2. This work provides an easy, economical and environmentally friendly way to turn fabrics into wearable electronic textile devices.
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This work was supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 2232020G-04) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21872025).
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Ma, Y., Mu, D., Zhou, P. et al. Cotton fabric electrodes coated by polydopamine-reduced graphene oxide and polypyrrole for flexible supercapacitors. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 35, 52 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-023-11783-y
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