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Graphene and Poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) based Hybrid Supercapacitors with Ionic Liquid Gel Electrolyte in Solid State Design and their Electrochemical Performance in Storage of Solar Photovoltaic Generated Electricity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Amr M. Obeidat  and
Alok C. Rastogi
Amr M. Obeidat
Affiliation:
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Binghamton University, SUNY, Binghamton, NY 13902 USA Center for Autonomous Solar Power (CASP), Binghamton University, SUNY, Binghamton, NY 13902 USA
Alok C. Rastogi*
Affiliation:
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Binghamton University, SUNY, Binghamton, NY 13902 USA Center for Autonomous Solar Power (CASP), Binghamton University, SUNY, Binghamton, NY 13902 USA
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*(Email: arastogi@binghamton.edu)
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Abstract

In this work, ionic liquid gel polymer electrolyte is used to fabricate solid-state hybrid supercapacitors with microporous PEDOT and graphene asymmetric electrodes. The PEDOT electrode was prepared by ultra-short pulsed current electro-polymerization over flexible graphite sheets. The graphene electrode of 600 m2g-1 surface area was formed by slurry coating using graphene platelets of thickness 8 nm and size <2 μm. The ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (BMIBF4) was mixed with poly(vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene) P(VdF-HFP) to form gel electrolyte. The quasi rectangular cyclic voltammetry (CV) plots in the voltage range -0.2 to +2.0V and the charge-discharge (CD) curves show highly capacitive behavior. The optimized 0.1M LiClO4 doping of IL gel electrolyte increases specific capacitance to 70.4 mF.cm-2. Increase in IL electrolyte thickness from 30 to 54 µm improves discharge capacitance from 10.6 to 23.3 mF.cm-2 and energy density from 2.90 to 5.86 Wh.kg-1. Hybrid solid-state supercapacitor has a flat stackable platform which easily integrates with solar cell module for direct storage of solar electricity. This paper describes the electrode synthesis, design and electrochemical properties of PEDOT/graphene hybrid supercapacitor and the charging characteristics by solar cells for evaluating energy storage performance in backing up the solar cell generated electricity.

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energy storagepolymerelectrodeposition
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MRS Advances , Volume 1 , Issue 53: Energy and Environment , 2016 , pp. 3565 - 3571
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2016 

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