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Kim H, Matteini P, Hwang B. Mini Review of Reliable Fabrication of Electrode under Stretching for Supercapacitor Application. MICROMACHINES 2022; 13:1470. [PMID: 36144093 PMCID: PMC9502988 DOI: 10.3390/mi13091470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Revised: 08/13/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Currently, there is an increasing demand for portable and wearable electronics. This has necessitated the development of stretchable energy storage devices, while simultaneously maintaining performance. Hence, the electrodes and electrolyte materials used in stretchable supercapacitors should be robust under severe mechanical deformation. Polymers are widely used in the fabrication of stretchable supercapacitors. It is not only crucial to choose good polymer candidates with inherent advantages, but it is also important to design suitable polymer materials for both electrodes and electrolytes. This mini-review explains the concept of stretchable supercapacitors, the theoretical background of polymer-based electrodes for supercapacitors, and the fabrication strategies of stretchable electrodes for supercapacitors. Finally, we present the drawbacks and areas that still need to be developed.
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- Haeji Kim
- School of Integrative Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Korea
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- Institute of Applied Physics “Nello Carrara”, National Research Council, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- School of Integrative Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Korea
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Yang N, Yu S, Zhang W, Cheng HM, Simon P, Jiang X. Electrochemical Capacitors with Confined Redox Electrolytes and Porous Electrodes. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2022; 34:e2202380. [PMID: 35413141 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202202380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2022] [Revised: 04/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Electrochemical capacitors (ECs), including electrical-double-layer capacitors and pseudocapacitors, feature high power densities but low energy densities. To improve the energy densities of ECs, redox electrolyte-enhanced ECs (R-ECs) or supercapbatteries are designed through employing confined soluble redox electrolytes and porous electrodes. In R-ECs the energy storage is based on diffusion-controlled faradaic processes of confined redox electrolytes at the surface of a porous electrode, which thus take the merits of high power densities of ECs and high energy densities of batteries. In the past few years, there has been great progress in the development of this energy storage technology, particularly in the design and synthesis of novel redox electrolytes and porous electrodes, as well as the configurations of new devices. Herein, a full-screen picture of the fundamentals and the state-of-art progress of R-ECs are given together with a discussion and outlines about the challenges and future perspectives of R-ECs. The strategies to improve the performance of R-ECs are highlighted from the aspects of their capacitances and capacitance retention, power densities, and energy densities. The insight into the philosophies behind these strategies will be favorable to promote the R-EC technology toward practical applications of supercapacitors in different fields.
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- Nianjun Yang
- Institute of Materials Engineering, University of Siegen, Siegen, 57076, Germany
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
- City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, 518057, China
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- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, China
- Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering/Institute of Technology for Carbon Neutrality, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, China
- Advanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, UK
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- CIRIMAT, UMR CNRS 5085, Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, 31062, France
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- Institute of Materials Engineering, University of Siegen, Siegen, 57076, Germany
- Institute of Oceanographic Instrumentation, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Science), Qingdao, 266001, China
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Jiang J, Zhang G, Li L, Zhang H, Li N, Wang Y, He J, Mao F, Yu K. On-line monitoring of transient radicals and oligomers: o-Phenylenediamine electrooxidation mechanism study by mass spectrometry. Microchem J 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2019.104390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Raha H, Manna B, Pradhan D, Guha PK. Quantum capacitance tuned flexible supercapacitor by UV-ozone treated defect engineered reduced graphene oxide forest. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2019; 30:435404. [PMID: 31315101 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ab331a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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A forest like 3D carbon structure formed by reduced graphene oxide (RGO) was prepared to use as an electrode material for a highly power efficient supercapacitor. To improve the specific energy of the electrode, pore like defects were incorporated on the RGO forests by atomic oxygen etching, during the UV-ozone treatment. The modified surface helps to increase the net capacitance by permitting the electrolyte to the inner core of the active material and improving the minimal quantum capacitance. Density functional theory based first principle studies were carried out to find DOS at the Fermi level of defect induced RGO sheet and hence to validate the effect of quantum capacitance on net capacitance. Specific capacitance of RGO forest was increased by almost 150% after introduction of the defects. The best performing material exhibits 18.87 mF cm-2 areal capacitance at 2 mA cm-2 current density which is equivalent to 70 F cm-3 at 3.7 A cm-3 current density, and it was used to fabricate the supercapacitor. Two supercapacitors were fabricated, (i) on graphite sheet (non-flexible) and (ii) on scotch tape (flexible). Here PVA-KOH gel soaked filter paper was used as electrolyte-separator. Both the prepared supercapacitors on graphite sheet and scotch tape are able to transfer electrical energy with ultra high specific power (656.25 mW cm-3 and 164.06 mW cm-3 respectively) while maintaining moderate energy densities. The first device can withstand its primary capacitance by 90% even after 10 K charge-discharge cycles and the flexible device was able to hold 96% of its capacitance after 1 K bending cycles.
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- Himadri Raha
- School of Nano Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur-721302, India
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