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Novel Flexible Supercapacitors Fabricated by Simple Integration of Electrodes, Binders, and Electrolytes into Glass Fibre Separators

  • Yoo, Joung Eun (Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin) ;
  • Bae, Joonho (Department of Nano-physics, Gachon University)
  • Received : 2014.11.03
  • Accepted : 2014.11.19
  • Published : 2014.11.28
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Abstract

We report novel and simple structure of supercapacitors fabricated by using flexible glass fibre separators as templates. This method does not require separate electrodes, binders and high pressure/temperature to build the supercapacitor unit cells as required by the conventional technology. The supercapacitors were fabricated by drop-casting solution mixtures of carbonaceous active materials/gel electrolytes onto two sides of glass fibre separators. Two carbonaceous materials (nanoscaled activated carbons, multi-walled carbon nanotubes) were investigated as electrode materials. The electrochemical measurements reveal that the separatorbased supercapacitors using ACs successfully demonstrated significant mass specific capacitance ($22.3F\;g^{-1}$) and energy density ($9.7Wh\;kg^{-1}$), indicating this method can be useful in fabricating flexible, wearable and stretchable energy storage devices in more straightforward and cost-effective way than current technology.

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