Stimuli‐responsive supercapacitors have attracted broad interest in constructing self‐powered smart devices. However, due to the demand for high cyclic stability, supercapacitors usually utilize stable or inert electrode materials, which are difficult to exhibit dynamic or stimuli‐responsive behavior. Herein, this issue is addressed by designing a MoS2@carbon core‐shell structure with ultrathin MoS2 nanosheets incorporated in the carbon matrix. In the three‐electrode system, MoS2@carbon delivers a specific capacitance of 1302 F g−1 at a current density of 1.0 A g−1 and shows a 90% capacitance retention after 10 000 charging‐discharging cycles. The MoS2@carbon‐based asymmetric supercapacitor displays an energy density of 75.1 Wh kg−1 at the power density of 900 W kg−1. Because the photo‐generated electrons can efficiently migrate from MoS2 nanosheets to the carbon matrix, the assembled photo‐responsive supercapacitor can answer the stimulation of ultraviolet‐visible‐near infrared illumination by increasing the capacitance. Particularly, under the stimulation of UV light (365 nm, 0.08 W cm−2), the device exhibits a ≈4.50% (≈13.9 F g−1) increase in capacitance after each charging‐discharging cycle. The study provides a guideline for designing multi‐functional supercapacitors that serve as both the energy supplier and the photo‐detector.
We report a simple metal ion-catechol coordination strategy to coat ruthenium-catechol polymer complex (TAC-Ru) on the surface of carbon nanotubes (CNT) to form a core shell structure (abbreviated as CNT@TAC-Ru). This is achieved by firstly polymerizing catechol and boronic acid monomers on the surface of CNT to form a boronate ester polymer (BP) shell. Then, Ru3+ is used to etch the BP shell, cleave the dynamic boronate ester bond, leading to the formation of a CNT@ruthenium-catechol coordination complex based on the coordinative efficiency of the catechol group. The electrocatalytic property of the CNT@TAC-Ru composite can be activated through electrochemical cycling treatment. The as-activated CNT@TAC-Ru exhibits the evidently improved hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) performance with the an overpotential of 10 mV in 1.0 M KOH at a current density of 10 mA cm-2 , which is better than that of commercial Pt/C (32 mV). And the long-term stability is also desirable. This work provides a pyrolysis-free method to form metal-polymer-carbon composite with high HER performance under alkaline condition.
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