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Two-dimensional Ni(OH)2 nanoplates for flexible on-chip microsupercapacitors

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On-chip microsupercapacitors (MSCs) compatible with on-chip geometries of integrated circuits can be used either as a separate power supply in microelectronic devices or as an energy storage or energy receptor accessory unit. In this work, we report the fabrication of flexible two-dimensional Ni(OH)2 nanoplates-based MSCs, which achieved a specific capacitance of 8.80 F/cm3 at the scan rates of 100 mV/s, losing only 0.20% of its original value after 10,000 charge/discharge cycles. Besides, the MSCs reached an energy density of 0.59 mWh/cm3 and a power density up to 1.80 W/cm3, which is comparable to traditional carbon-based devices. The flexible MSCs exhibited good electrochemical stability when subjected to bending at various conditions, illustrating the promising application as electrodes for wearable energy storage.

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    Present address: China University of Mining & Technology, Beijing, 100083, China

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  1. State Key Laboratory for Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100083, China

    Hao Wu, Shaosong Gu, Zheng Lou & Guozhen Shen

  2. The Key Laboratory of Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, and Shanghai Municipal Education Committee Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging Probes and Sensors, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 200234, China

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  3. Institute & Hospital of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Key Laboratory of Digital Hepatobiliary Surgery of Chinese PLA, Chinese PLA Medical School, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100853, China

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  4. School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China

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Wu, H., Jiang, K., Gu, S. et al. Two-dimensional Ni(OH)2 nanoplates for flexible on-chip microsupercapacitors. Nano Res. 8, 3544–3552 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-015-0854-3

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