Flexible polycaprolactone (PCL) supercapacitor based on reduced graphene oxide (rGO)/single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) composite electrodes

Authors

Hyeon Taek Jeong, Daejin UniversityFollow
Yong-Ryeol Kim, Daejin University
Byung Chul Kim, Dongguk UniversityFollow

RIS ID

116025

Publication Details

Jeong, H. Taek., Kim, Y. Ryeol. & Kim, B. Chul. (2017). Flexible polycaprolactone (PCL) supercapacitor based on reduced graphene oxide (rGO)/single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) composite electrodes. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 727 721-727.

Abstract

The reduced graphene oxide (rGO)/single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) composites are coated onto the polycaprolactone (PCL) substrate via spray coating technique to prepare a flexible supercapacitor. The electrochemical properties of the flexible PCL supercapacitor as a function of bending cycles and angles are evaluated using cyclic voltammetry (CV), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and galvanostatic charge/discharge tests. The EIS and charge/discharge curves of the flexible PCL supercapacitor exhibit capacitive behavior even after prolonged bending cycles up to 500. The highest capacitance value of the unbent PCL supercapacitor is 52.5 F g-1 which retained 65% after 500 bending with 6000th galvanostatic charge/discharge cycles.