Polypyrrole/cellulose nanofiber aerogel as a supercapacitor electrode material

  • Qingyuan Niu
  • , Yaqing Guo
  • , Kezheng Gao*
  • , Ziqiang Shao
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Polypyrrole (PPy)/cellulose nanofiber (CNF) aerogels are prepared using the citric acid-Fe3+ (CIT-Fe3+) colloid as a precursor of the Fe3+ oxidant, which can effectively control the microscopic morphology of the PPy/CNF aerogel due to in situ controlled release of Fe3+ oxidant to initiate polymerization of the pyrrole monomer with the common stimulus being pH. The Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) specific surface area of the PPy/CNFs (25%) aerogel is up to 402 m2 g-1. All solid-state film supercapacitors are fabricated using the PPy/CNF aerogel film as the electrode material. The maximum specific electrode capacitance is about 215 F g-1. The devices also exhibit excellent cycle stability.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)109143-109149
Number of pages7
JournalRSC Advances
Volume6
Issue number110
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016

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