Nanostructured conductive polypyrrole hydrogels as high-performance, flexible supercapacitor electrodes

Electrochemically active conducting polymers are an important class of materials for applications in energy storage devices such as batteries and supercapacitors, owing to their advantageous features of unique three-dimensional (3D) porous microstructure, high capacitive energy density, scalable syn...

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Published in:Journal of materials chemistry. A, Materials for energy and sustainability Materials for energy and sustainability, 2014-01, Vol.2 (17), p.6086-6091
Main Authors: Shi, Ye, Pan, Lijia, Liu, Borui, Wang, Yaqun, Cui, Yi, Bao, Zhenan, Yu, Guihua
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Capacitance
Capacitors
Electrodes
Hydrogels
Nanostructure
Polypyrroles
Supercapacitors
Three dimensional
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Summary:Electrochemically active conducting polymers are an important class of materials for applications in energy storage devices such as batteries and supercapacitors, owing to their advantageous features of unique three-dimensional (3D) porous microstructure, high capacitive energy density, scalable synthesis and light weight. Here, we synthesized a nanostructured conductive polypyrrole (PPy) hydrogel via an interfacial polymerization method. The simple synthesis chemistry offers the conductive hydrogel tunable nanostructures and electrochemical performance, as well as scalable processability. Moreover, the unique 3D porous nanostructure constructed by interconnected polymer nanospheres endows PPy hydrogels with good mechanical properties and high performance acting as supercapacitor electrodes with a specific capacitance of ∼380 F g −1 , excellent rate capability, and areal capacitance as high as ∼6.4 F cm −2 at a mass loading of 20 mg cm −2 .
ISSN:2050-7488
2050-7496
DOI:10.1039/C4TA00484A