Towards sustainable solid-state supercapacitors: electroactive conducting polymers combined with biohydrogels
Solid-state organic electrochemical supercapacitors (OESCs) have been fabricated using poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) electrodes, a biohydrogel as electrolyte system, and polyaniline fibers as redox additive. The effectivity of sodium alginate, kappa-carrageenan, chitosan and gelatin hydro...
| Autores: | , , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2016 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Repositorio: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/102129 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2117/102129 https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5ta08680a |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Conducting polymers Colloids High-performance energy-storage electrochemical capacitors active electrolyte gel polymer hydrogel composites hybrid carbon nanocomposites Polímers conductors Col·loides Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria química |
| Sumario: | Solid-state organic electrochemical supercapacitors (OESCs) have been fabricated using poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) electrodes, a biohydrogel as electrolyte system, and polyaniline fibers as redox additive. The effectivity of sodium alginate, kappa-carrageenan, chitosan and gelatin hydrogels as electrolytic media has been evaluated considering different criteria. Results indicate that kappa-carrageenan-based hydrogel is the most suitable to perform as electrolyte due to the appropriate combination of properties: mechanical stability, ease of preparation, lack of water leaking, and good medium for the electrochemical response of PEDOT electrodes. Cyclic voltammetry and galvanostatic charge-discharge assays indicate that OESCs based on PEDOT electrodes and kappa-carrageenan hydrogel as electrolyte exhibits a good supercapacitor response in terms of specific capacitance, cycling stability, small leakage current and low self-discharging tendency. On the basis of these good properties, four OESC devices were assembled in series and used to power a red LED, confirming that, in addition to advantageous characteristics (e.g. elimination of liquid leaking and enhancement of the device compactness), the designed biohydrogel-containing OESC exhibits potential for practical applications. On the other hand, preliminary assays have been performed loading the kappa-carrageenan hydrogel with polyaniline nanofibers, which act as a redox additive. OESC devices prepared using such loaded biohydrogel have been found to be very promising and, therefore, future work is oriented towards the improvement of their design. |
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