Issue 40, 2011
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Journal of Materials Chemistry

Compositional effects of PEDOT-PSS/single walled carbon nanotube films on supercapacitor device performance

Dennis Antiohos,a   Glenn Folkes,a   Peter Sherrell,a   Syed Ashraf,a   Gordon G. Wallace,a   Phil Aitchison,b   Andrew T. Harris,c   Jun Chen*a  and  Andrew I. Minett*ac  

* Corresponding authors

a Intelligent Polymer Research Institute ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia

b CAP-XX Australia Ltd, Lane Cove, NSW, Australia

c School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
E-mail: aminett@sydney.edu.au, junc@uow.edu.au

Abstract

Supercapacitors are promising energy storage and power output technologies due to their improved energy density, rapid charge-discharge cycle, high cycle efficiency and long cycle life. Free standing poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) poly(styrene sulfonate)/single walled nanotube films have been characterised by scanning electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy and thermo-gravimetric analysis to understand the physical properties of the films. Films with varying compositions of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)/poly(styrene sulfonate) and single walled nanotubes were compared by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry and galvanostatic charge/discharge to understand their electrochemical properties. A comparison of the results shows that having single walled nanotubes dispersed throughout the polymer matrix increase the capacitance by 65% and the energy density by a factor of 3 whilst achieving good capacity retention over 1000 cycles.

Graphical abstract: Compositional effects of PEDOT-PSS/single walled carbon nanotube films on supercapacitor device performance

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1JM12986D
Article type
Paper
Submitted
28 Jun 2011
Accepted
23 Aug 2011
First published
12 Sep 2011

J. Mater. Chem., 2011,21, 15987-15994

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Compositional effects of PEDOT-PSS/single walled carbon nanotube films on supercapacitor device performance

D. Antiohos, G. Folkes, P. Sherrell, S. Ashraf, G. G. Wallace, P. Aitchison, A. T. Harris, J. Chen and A. I. Minett, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, 21, 15987 DOI: 10.1039/C1JM12986D

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