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- Title
Sustainable Solid‐State Supercapacitors Made of 3D‐Poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene) and κ‐Carrageenan Biohydrogel.
- Authors
Fabregat, Georgina; Hodásová, L'udmila; del Valle, Luis J.; Estrany, Francesc; Alemán, Carlos
- Abstract
3D‐Poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) electrodes are prepared using the multi‐step template‐assisted approach. Specifically, poly(lactic acid) nano‐ and microfibers collected on a previously polymerized PEDOT film are used as templates for PEDOT nano‐ and microtubes, respectively. Morphological analysis of the samples indicates that 3D‐PEDOT electrodes obtained using a low density of templates, in which nano‐ and microtubes are clearly identified, exhibit higher porosity, and specific surface than conventional 2D‐PEDOT electrodes. However, a pronounced leveling effect is observed when the density of templates is high. Thus, electrodes with microtubes still present a 3D‐morphology but much less marked than those prepared using a low density of PLA microfibers, whereas the morphology of those with nanotubes is practically identical to that of films. Electrochemical studies prove that solid supercapacitors prepared using 3D‐PEDOT electrodes and κ‐carrageenan biohydrogel as electrolytic medium, exhibit higher ability to exchange charge reversibly and to storage charge than the analogues prepared with 2D‐electrodes. Furthermore, solid devices prepared using 3D‐electrodes and κ‐carrageenan biohydrogel exhibit very similar specific capacitances that those obtained using the same electrodes and a liquid electrolyte (i.e., acetonitrile solution with 0.1 M LiClO4). These results prove that the success of 3D‐PEDOT electrodes is independent of the electrolytic medium.
- Subjects
SUPERCAPACITORS; HYDROGELS; CARRAGEENANS
- Publication
Advanced Engineering Materials, 2018, Vol 20, Issue 7, p1
- ISSN
1438-1656
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/adem.201800018