Polyaniline Enriched Flexible Carbon Nanofibers with Core–Shell Structure for High‐Performance Wearable Supercapacitors

Abstract

Abstract High performance lightweight and flexible supercapacitors with superior electrochemical performance are in extremely high demand for wearable electronic device applications. Herein, a novel synthesis process is reported for developing highly flexible supercapacitor electrodes from carbon black doped carbon nanofiber/polyaniline core–shell nanofibers via electrospinning followed by carbonization and electrospray techniques. Resultant supercapacitor electrodes offer exceptional specific capacitance (SC) of 501.6 F g −1 at 0.5 A g −1 , excellent capacitance retention of 91% even after 5000 cycles, demonstrating a long and stable life of the fabricated device. Moreover, solid state supercapacitor shows no obvious change in SC when subjected to various bending angles up to 180°. This simple three step (i.e., electrospinning, carbonization, and electrospray) fabrication technique paves new insights into the development of lightweight flexible supercapacitors.