Publication Date:
2020
Description:
〈p〉Publication date: January 2020〈/p〉
〈p〉〈b〉Source:〈/b〉 Heliyon, Volume 6, Issue 1〈/p〉
〈p〉Author(s): Rama Devi, Kavita Tapadia, Tungabidya Maharana〈/p〉
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〈h5〉Abstract〈/h5〉
〈div〉〈p〉The present investigation deals with the fabrication of a novel flexible and highly conductive PPy electrode. This was made by festooning PPy nanoparticles on carbon cloth (CC) by using chemical liquid process. The developed porous PPy@CC composite have good flexibility with low weight (1.1 mg) and high electrical conductivity (89 Ω〈sup〉−1〈/sup〉cm〈sup〉−1〈/sup〉). Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and X-ray diffraction spectroscopy (XRD) confirmed the formation of PPy on carbon cloth. Scanning electron micrographs (SEM) reveals that the PPy nanoparticles are encapsulated in carbon cloth. The fabricated carbon cloth has been used for solid-state symmetrical supercapacitors (SC) and low-cost material for electrode in potential energy storage devices. These film electrodes showed much superior electrochemical performance i.e. high stability under different current density, encouraging energy density, lower internal resistivity and higher specific capacitance. Synthesized flexible PPy@CC composite electrodes have brilliant applications in various kinds of electrochemical energy storage devices.〈/p〉〈/div〉
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Electronic ISSN:
2405-8440
Topics:
Natural Sciences in General
