Electronic Booster PEDOT:PSS-Enriched Guar Gum as Eco-Friendly Gel Electrolyte for Supercapacitor
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
ACS Omega
Abstract
Supercapacitors based on biobased materials have been regarded as alternative portable energy storage technology for wearable or flexible electronics. Herein, we construct a unique electronic booster-imbedded biopolymer electrolyte with enhanced power density and long cycling life quasi-solid-state supercapacitor using poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) PEDOT:PSS/guar gum (GG). The eco-friendly 2% (v/v) PEDOT:PSS in the GG matrix doped with 0.05 wt % of lithium perchlorate (LiClO4) was highly flexible and showed an ionic conductivity of 10-2 S cm-1 at 323 K. The surface morphology showed unique potential wells of PEDOT:PSS boosting the nonconductive GG and interaction with activated carbon-based electrodes. As a result, a specific capacitance of 141 F g−1 at 5 mV s-1 was observed. The cyclic stability was 98% even after 1000 charge-discharge study cycles. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first work demonstrating a high-performance supercapacitor with conducting polymer-boosted guar gum as the polymer gel electrolyte, and it provides scope for understanding further stability testing and the interaction mechanism within the polymer matrix.
First Page
24610
Last Page
24615
DOI
10.1021/acsomega.4c00786
Publication Date
6-11-2024
Recommended Citation
Subrahmanya, Sumana Vittal; Yethadka, Sudhakar Narahari; and Nagaraja, G. K., "Electronic Booster PEDOT:PSS-Enriched Guar Gum as Eco-Friendly Gel Electrolyte for Supercapacitor" (2024). Open Access archive. 10335.
https://impressions.manipal.edu/open-access-archive/10335
