Designing an advanced electrode of mixed carbon materials layered on polypyrrole/reduced graphene oxide for high specific energy supercapacitor

A free-standing and flexible film is fabricated by layering multiwalled carbon nanotube/reduced graphene oxide/nanocrystalline cellulose composite on polypyrrole/reduced graphene oxide composite layer. The bilayer composite film is prepared by in-situ polymerization through a vacuum filtration metho...

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Main Authors: Kulandaivalu, Shalini, Sulaiman, Yusran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81104/
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Sulaiman, Yusran
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description A free-standing and flexible film is fabricated by layering multiwalled carbon nanotube/reduced graphene oxide/nanocrystalline cellulose composite on polypyrrole/reduced graphene oxide composite layer. The bilayer composite film is prepared by in-situ polymerization through a vacuum filtration method followed by a chemical reduction in the presence of hydrazine vapor and used as an electrode material for supercapacitor. The aggregation of multiwalled carbon nanotube and graphene oxide in the composite are addressed effectively by the support of nanocrystalline cellulose that favors ions movements in the composite. The symmetrical supercapacitor device developed in this study combines the features of pseudocapacitor and electrical double layer capacitor and delivers outstanding supercapacitive properties. As manifested by the electrochemical results, the device exhibits a high specific capacitance of 882.2 F g−1, remarkable cycling stability of ∼90% over 10,000 cycles, and high specific energy of 44.6 Wh kg−1 with a high specific power of 2889.9 W kg−1, which outperformed many other reported polypyrrole-based materials for supercapacitors. This makes the bilayer a promising candidate for future high performance energy storage devices.
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spelling upm-811042020-10-14T21:00:05Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81104/ Designing an advanced electrode of mixed carbon materials layered on polypyrrole/reduced graphene oxide for high specific energy supercapacitor Kulandaivalu, Shalini Sulaiman, Yusran A free-standing and flexible film is fabricated by layering multiwalled carbon nanotube/reduced graphene oxide/nanocrystalline cellulose composite on polypyrrole/reduced graphene oxide composite layer. The bilayer composite film is prepared by in-situ polymerization through a vacuum filtration method followed by a chemical reduction in the presence of hydrazine vapor and used as an electrode material for supercapacitor. The aggregation of multiwalled carbon nanotube and graphene oxide in the composite are addressed effectively by the support of nanocrystalline cellulose that favors ions movements in the composite. The symmetrical supercapacitor device developed in this study combines the features of pseudocapacitor and electrical double layer capacitor and delivers outstanding supercapacitive properties. As manifested by the electrochemical results, the device exhibits a high specific capacitance of 882.2 F g−1, remarkable cycling stability of ∼90% over 10,000 cycles, and high specific energy of 44.6 Wh kg−1 with a high specific power of 2889.9 W kg−1, which outperformed many other reported polypyrrole-based materials for supercapacitors. This makes the bilayer a promising candidate for future high performance energy storage devices. Elsevier 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81104/1/CARBON.pdf Kulandaivalu, Shalini and Sulaiman, Yusran (2019) Designing an advanced electrode of mixed carbon materials layered on polypyrrole/reduced graphene oxide for high specific energy supercapacitor. Journal of Power Sources, 419. pp. 181-191. ISSN 0378-7753 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378775319302046 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2019.02.079
spellingShingle Kulandaivalu, Shalini
Sulaiman, Yusran
Designing an advanced electrode of mixed carbon materials layered on polypyrrole/reduced graphene oxide for high specific energy supercapacitor
title Designing an advanced electrode of mixed carbon materials layered on polypyrrole/reduced graphene oxide for high specific energy supercapacitor
title_full Designing an advanced electrode of mixed carbon materials layered on polypyrrole/reduced graphene oxide for high specific energy supercapacitor
title_fullStr Designing an advanced electrode of mixed carbon materials layered on polypyrrole/reduced graphene oxide for high specific energy supercapacitor
title_full_unstemmed Designing an advanced electrode of mixed carbon materials layered on polypyrrole/reduced graphene oxide for high specific energy supercapacitor
title_short Designing an advanced electrode of mixed carbon materials layered on polypyrrole/reduced graphene oxide for high specific energy supercapacitor
title_sort designing an advanced electrode of mixed carbon materials layered on polypyrrole/reduced graphene oxide for high specific energy supercapacitor
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81104/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81104/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81104/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81104/1/CARBON.pdf