Structural Cement‐Based Supercapacitors with Multifunctional Robustness for Energy Storage
The rapid deployment of renewable energy demands cost-effective and scalable energy storage solutions. While cement-based supercapacitors offer transformative potential, their development is hindered by charge storage capacity, mechanical strength, and environmental stability. Herein, a breakthrough carbon cement supercapacitor (CCS) with exceptional electrochemical performance and excellent robustness is engineered. The porous carbon cement (CC) electrode, characterized by high strength, extremely low resistance, and high-connectivity conductive hydrogel electrolyte, is prepared by thermomechanical consolidation at 90 °C. Through in situ polymerization around sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-mediated carbon black (CB) surfaces, a CB-hydrogel network is built inside the multiscale pore structure of the carbon-cement electrode. The CCS exhibits a leading areal capacitance (1708 mF cm<sup>-</sup> <sup>2</sup>), over 83% capacitance retention after 10 000 cycles, high strength (>8 MPa), 92.2% capacitance retention under extreme loading conditions, a wide operating temperature range from -20 to 80 °C with less than 9% capacitance fluctuation, and incombustibility. This new device exhibits potential to revolutionize energy-storage systems.
Authors
- Yuncheng Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1028-6125)
- Shiyu Sui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8309-7869)
- Yu Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2558-0606)
- Jinyang Jiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0134-9373)
- Shuo Dong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4686-0650)
- Peng Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8780-5554)
- Zhiyong Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6403-8751)
- Liguo Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8034-9389)
- Qingyang Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7811-2681)
- Taotao Feng
- Fengjuan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4656-9855)
Institutions
- Southeast University (BD)
- Southeast University (CN)
- Shandong University of Science and Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advanced Science
- Published
- 2025-10-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202515769
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.43