Materials Chemistry and Physics, Vol.195, 114-122, 2017
High-performance flexible supercapacitor based on porous array electrodes
In this study, an array of polystyrene (PS) spheres was synthesized by a dispersion-polymerization technique as a template onto which a porous polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microarray structure was fabricated by soft lithography. A conducting layer was coated on the surface of the microarray after a suspension of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) mixed with graphene (G) had been poured into the porous array. A PDMS-based porous supercapacitor was assembled by sandwiching a separator between two porous electrodes filled with a H3PO4/polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) gel electrolyte. The specific capacitance, electrochemical properties, and cycle stability of the porous electrode supercapacitors were explored. The porous PDMS-electrode-based supercapacitor exhibited high specific capacitance and good cycle stability, indicating its enormous potential for future applications in wearable and portable electronic products. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Keywords:Self-assembly;Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS);Soft-lithography;Porous array electrode;Flexible supercapacitor