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http://dx.doi.org/10.5229/JKES.2014.17.4.237

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)
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Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society / v.17, no.4, 2014 , pp. 237-244 More about this Journal
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.
Keywords
supercapacitors; activated carbons; carbon nanotubes; glass fiber filters; bending tests;
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