Transparent and Flexible Supercapacitors with Single Walled Carbon Nanotube Thin Film Electrodes

2014-09-10
YÜKSEL, Recep
SARIOBA, Zeynep
Çırpan, Ali
Hiralal, Pritesh
Ünalan, Hüsnü Emrah
We describe a simple process for the fabrication of transparent and flexible, solid-state supercapacitors. Symmetric electrodes made up of binder-free single walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) thin films were deposited onto polydimethylsiloxane substrates by vacuum filtration followed by a stamping method, and solid-state supercapacitor devices were assembled using a gel electrolyte. An optical transmittance of 82% was found for 0.02 mg of SWCNTs, and a specific capacitance of 22.2 F/g was obtained. The power density can reach to 41.5 kW.kg(1) and shows good capacity retention (94%) upon cycling over 500 times. Fabricated supercapacitors will be relevant for the realization of transparent and flexible devices with energy storage capabilities, displays and touch screens in particular.
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Citation Formats
R. YÜKSEL, Z. SARIOBA, A. Çırpan, P. Hiralal, and H. E. Ünalan, “Transparent and Flexible Supercapacitors with Single Walled Carbon Nanotube Thin Film Electrodes,” ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, pp. 15434–15439, 2014, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/37488.