The effect of fullerene carbon (C60) on the tribological performance of polyimide (PI) composites was explored at different temperature conditions. The results demonstrate the addition of 1.0 wt% C60 can greatly enhance the tribological performance of PI/1.0C60. The friction coefficients and wear rates of 0.03/0.07 and 1.0 × 10 −5 /1.6 × 10 −5 mm 3 /Nm can be achieved at − 100 °C/200 °C, respectively, reducing by 86.4%/50.0% and 28.6%/30.1% compared with pure PI. It demonstrated the polymer states influenced the lubricated and loading carry capability of the sliding interfaces at different temperatures. XPS results indicated tribo-oxidation and organic-inorganic chelation reaction dominated the tribofilm growth. Moreover, molecular dynamics simulation showed the C60 enables the shear of PI easily due to the decreased intermolecular forces.
The enhancement of energy density at high power density is highly desired in design of supercapacitor , which relies on the electrochemically accessible electrode area, electrons/ions diffusion channels of electrodes and the device assembly manner. Herein, graphitized and porous fullerene carbon soot is used as matrix for preparation of activated carbon (denoted as a-FC). The high specific surface area, hierarchical pore sizes and moderate graphitization degree of a-FC enable balanced specific capacitance, rate capability and cycleability. Meanwhile, graphene-Co 3 O 4 composite (GC) with cross-linked porous Co 3 O 4 nanofibers array onto graphene sheet is hydrothermally deposited on Ni foam substrate. The pseudocapacitive GC electrode can offer superior capacitance (1935 F g −1 at 5 A g −1 ), rate capability (68% capacitance retaining ratio within 0.5–50 A g −1 ) and considerable cycleability (17% capacitance decline within 2000 charge-discharge cycles) comprehensively. Furthermore, the asymmetric supercapacitor based on the a-FC and GC electrodes delivers balanced energy density (50.3–20.9 Wh kg −1 ), power density (786–12128 W kg −1 ) and cycleability (77% initial capacitance maintaining ratio within 5000 charge-discharge cycles), highlighting the potential in efficient energy storage device.