Copper (Cu) superstructures have been originally synthesized by using natural sapless leaves. A novel hybrid nanoarchitecture, Cu-MnO 2 composite, is prepared through facile coating of a thin MnO 2 nanofilm onto the highly electronically conductive Cu superstructures. Benefiting from their unique structures, as electrode materials of supercapacitors the composite superstructures have a high specific capacity of 1024 F g À1 at 1.5 A g À1 and good capacity retention of around 96% after 2000 electrochemical cycles.
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