A general approach toward enhancement of pseudocapacitive performance of conducting polymers by redox-active electrolytes
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ArticleKAUST Department
Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Research CenterFunctional Nanomaterials and Devices Research Group
Material Science and Engineering Program
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
Date
2014-12Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/563876
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A general approach is demonstrated where the pseudocapacitive performance of different conducting polymers is enhanced in redox-active electrolytes. The concept is demonstrated using several electroactive conducting polymers, including polyaniline, polypyrrole, and poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene). As compared to conventional electrolytes, the redox-active electrolytes, prepared by simply adding a redox mediator to the conventional electrolyte, can significantly improve the energy storage capacity of pseudocapacitors with different conducting polymers. The results show that the specific capacitance of conducting polymer based pseudocapacitors can be increased by a factor of two by utilization of the redox-active electrolytes. In fact, this approach gives some of the highest reported specific capacitance values for electroactive conducting polymers. Moreover, our findings present a general and effective approach for the enhancement of energy storage performance of pseudocapacitors using a variety of polymeric electrode materials. © 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Citation
Chen, W., Xia, C., Rakhi, R. B., & Alshareef, H. N. (2014). A general approach toward enhancement of pseudocapacitive performance of conducting polymers by redox-active electrolytes. Journal of Power Sources, 267, 521–526. doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.05.131Sponsors
The research reported in this publication is supported by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). R.B.R. acknowledges support from SABIC Postdoctoral Fellowship.Publisher
Elsevier BVJournal
Journal of Power Sourcesae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.05.131