3D Printed Graphene Electrodes' Electrochemical Activation

Rheological Issues in Carbon-Based Inks for Additive Manufacturing

As the industry and commercial market move towards the optimization of printing and additive manufacturing, it becomes important to understand how to obtain the most from the materials while maintaining the ability to print complex geometries effectively. Combining such a manufacturing method with advanced carbon materials, such as Graphene, Carbon Nanotubes, and Carbon fibers, with their mechanical and conductive properties, delivers a cutting-edge combination of low-cost conductive products. Through the process of printing the effectiveness of these properties decreases. Thorough optimization is required to determine the idealized ink functional and flow properties to ensure maximum printability and functionalities offered by carbon nanoforms. The optimization of these properties then is limited by the printability. By determining the physical properties of printability and flow properties of the inks, calculated compromises can be made for the ink design. In this review we have discussed the connection between the rheology of carbon-based inks and the methodologies for maintaining the maximum pristine carbon material properties.

Printed supercapacitors: materials, printing and applications

This review summarizes how printing methods can revolutionize the manufacturing of supercapacitors – promising energy storage devices for flexible electronics.

Impurities in graphene/PLA 3D-printing filaments dramatically influence the electrochemical properties of the devices

Commercial 3D printing filament, extensively used for electrochemical applications, contains metal impurities which alters the electrochemical response. Characterisation needed always.