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Electrospun composite nanofibre supercapacitors enhanced with electrochemically 3D printed current collectors
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Author(s)
Chen, Xiaolong
Liu, Xinhua
Ouyang, Mengzheng
Childs, Peter
Brandon, Nigel
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Carbonised electrospun nanofibres are attractive for supercapacitors due to their relatively high surface area, facile production routes and flexibility. With the addition of materials such as manganese oxide (MnO), the specific capacitance of the carbon nanofibres can be further improved through fast surface redox reactions, however this can reduce the electrical conductivity. In this work, electrochemical 3D printing is used as a novel means of improving electrical conductivity and the current collector-electrode interfacial resistance through the deposition of highly controlled layers of copper. Neat carbonised electrospun electrodes made with a 30 wt% manganese acetylacetonate (MnACAC) and polyacrylonitrile precursor solution have a hydrophobic nature preventing an even copper deposition. However, with an ethanol treatment, the nanofibre films can be made hydrophilic which enhances the copper deposition morphology to enable the formation of a percolating conductive network through the electrode. This has the impact of increasing electrode electronic conductivity by 360% from 10 S/m to 46 S/m and increasing specific capacitance 110% from 99 F/g to 208 F/g at 5 mV/s through increased utilisation of the pseudocapacitive active material. This novel approach thus provides a new route for performance enhancement of electrochemical devices using 3D printing, which opens new design possibilities.
Date Issued
2019-12
Date Acceptance
2019-09-30
Citation
Journal of Energy Storage, 2019, 26, pp.100993-100993
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/74227
URL
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352152X19302841?via%3Dihub
DOI
https://www.dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2019.100993
ISSN
2352-152X
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Start Page
100993
End Page
100993
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Energy Storage
Volume
26
Copyright Statement
© 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This manuscript is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Identifier
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352152X19302841?via%3Dihub
Grant Number
EP/K002252/1
J15119 - PO:500174140
EP/R045518/1
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
100993
Date Publish Online
2019-10-26
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