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Analysis of Electrochemical Performance of Reduced Graphene Oxide based Symmetric Supercapacitor with different Aqueous Electrolytes

  • Ravi, Sneha (Electrical Appliances Technology Division, Central Power Research Institute) ;
  • Kosta, Shivangi (Electrical Appliances Technology Division, Central Power Research Institute) ;
  • Rana, Kuldeep (Electrical Appliances Technology Division, Central Power Research Institute)
  • Received : 2021.08.14
  • Accepted : 2021.10.28
  • Published : 2022.02.28
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Abstract

Carbon nanomaterials are considered to be the materials of choice for the fabrication of electrochemical energy storage devices due to their stability, cost-effectiveness, well-established processing techniques, and superior performance compared to other active materials. In the present work, reduced graphene oxide (rGO) has been synthesized and used for the fabrication of a symmetric supercapacitor. The electrochemical performance of the fabricated supercapacitors with three different aqueous electrolytes namely 0.5 M H2SO4, 0.5 M H3PO4, and 1.0M Na2SO4 have been compared and analyzed. Among the three electrolytes, the highest areal specific capacitance of 14 mF/cm2 was calculated at a scan rate of 5 mV/s observed with 0.5M H3PO4 electrolyte. The results were also confirmed from the charge/discharge results where the supercapacitor with 0.5M H3PO4 electrolyte delivered a specific capacitance of 11 mF/cm2 at a current density of 0.16 mA/cm2. In order to assess the stability of the supercapacitor with different electrolytes, the cells were subjected to continuous charge/discharge cycling and it was observed that acidic electrolytes showed excellent cyclic stability with no appreciable drop in specific capacitance as compared to the neutral electrolyte.

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The authors would like to thank the management of Central Power Research Institute, an autonomous institute under the Ministry of Power for their support in conducting the research work.

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