Carbon Nanoarrays Embedded with Metal Compounds for High-Performance Flexible Supercapacitors

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)-derived nanoarrays have been widely used as electrode materials in energy storage applications with the unique morphology and large specific surface area. Herein, we report a series of N-doped carbon arrays embedded with different metal compounds (noted as NC@Co₃O₄, NC@CoSe₂ and NC@CoS₂), which have been derived from a Co-based MOF through simple fabrication processes. The resulted structures have high surface-to-volume ratio and short charge-transfer paths in electrochemical reactions, which greatly benefit the energy storage performance. An asymmetric supercapacitor of NC@CoS₂//Co-NC@Fe₂O₃ is also demonstrated, which has a power density up to 23.5 kW/kg and illustrates good cycling stability after long-time rapid charging and discharging. This work demonstrates a promising way to develop MOF-derived nanoarrays for flexible energy storage devices.