Facile Electrodeposition of Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) on Poly(vinyl alcohol) Nanofibers as the Positive Electrode for High-Performance Asymmetric Supercapacitor

Dasdevan, Nivekthiren; Mohd Abdah, Muhammad Amirul Aizat; Sulaiman, Yusran

doi:10.3390/en12173382

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Facile Electrodeposition of Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) on Poly(vinyl alcohol) Nanofibers as the Positive Electrode for High-Performance Asymmetric Supercapacitor

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Nivekthiren Dasdevan

¹,

Muhammad Amirul Aizat Mohd Abdah

¹ and

Yusran Sulaiman

^1,2,*

¹

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia

²

Functional Devices Laboratory, Institute of Advanced Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia

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Energies 2019, 12(17), 3382; https://doi.org/10.3390/en12173382

Submission received: 19 June 2019 / Revised: 14 July 2019 / Accepted: 17 July 2019 / Published: 2 September 2019

(This article belongs to the Section D: Energy Storage and Application)

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Poly(vinyl alcohol)/poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PVA/PEDOT) nanofibers were synthesized as a positive electrode for high-performance asymmetric supercapacitor (ASC). PVA/PEDOT nanofibers were prepared through electrospinning and electrodeposition meanwhile reduced graphene oxide (rGO) was obtained by electrochemical reduction. The PVA/PEDOT nanofibers demonstrated cauliflower-like morphology showing that PEDOT was uniformly coated on the smooth cross-linking structure of PVA nanofibers. In addition, the ASC showed a remarkable energy output efficiency by delivering specific energy of 21.45 Wh·kg⁻¹ at a specific power of 335.50 W·kg⁻¹ with good cyclability performance (83% capacitance retained) after 5000 CV cycles. The outstanding supercapacitive performance is contributed from the synergistic effects of both PVA/PEDOT//rGO, which gives promising materials for designing high-performance supercapacitor applications.

Keywords: asymmetric supercapacitor; nanofiber; reduced graphene oxide; potential window

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Dasdevan, N.; Mohd Abdah, M.A.A.; Sulaiman, Y. Facile Electrodeposition of Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) on Poly(vinyl alcohol) Nanofibers as the Positive Electrode for High-Performance Asymmetric Supercapacitor. Energies 2019, 12, 3382. https://doi.org/10.3390/en12173382

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Dasdevan N, Mohd Abdah MAA, Sulaiman Y. Facile Electrodeposition of Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) on Poly(vinyl alcohol) Nanofibers as the Positive Electrode for High-Performance Asymmetric Supercapacitor. Energies. 2019; 12(17):3382. https://doi.org/10.3390/en12173382

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Dasdevan, Nivekthiren, Muhammad Amirul Aizat Mohd Abdah, and Yusran Sulaiman. 2019. "Facile Electrodeposition of Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) on Poly(vinyl alcohol) Nanofibers as the Positive Electrode for High-Performance Asymmetric Supercapacitor" Energies 12, no. 17: 3382. https://doi.org/10.3390/en12173382

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Dasdevan, N., Mohd Abdah, M. A. A., & Sulaiman, Y. (2019). Facile Electrodeposition of Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) on Poly(vinyl alcohol) Nanofibers as the Positive Electrode for High-Performance Asymmetric Supercapacitor. Energies, 12(17), 3382. https://doi.org/10.3390/en12173382

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