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ACS ENERGY LETTERS
Volume 2, Issue 9, Pages 2014-2020Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.7b00466
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- European Research Council (ERC) [280078]
- Winston Churchill Foundation of the United States
- China Scholarship Council (CSC)
- (EPSRC) Centre for Doctoral Training in Sensor Technologies and Applications [EP/L015889/1]
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [1566990] Funding Source: researchfish
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Conducting polymers show great promise as supercapacitor materials due to their high theoretical specific capacitance, low cost, toughness, and flexibility. Poor ion mobility, however, can render active material more than a few tens of nanometers from the surface inaccessible for charge 133 storage, limiting performance. Here, we use semi-interpenetrating networks (sIPNs) of a pseudocapacitive polymer in an ionically conductive polymer matrix to decrease ion diffusion length scales and make virtually all of the active material accessible for charge storage. Our freestanding poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)/poly(ethylene oxide) (PEDOT/PEO) sIPN films yield simultaneous improvements in three crucial elements of supercapacitor performance: specific capacitance (182 F/g, a 70% increase over that of neat PEDOT), cycling stability (97.5% capacitance retention after 3000 cycles), and flexibility (the electrodes bend to a <200 mu m radius of curvature without breaking). Our simple and controllable sIPN fabrication process presents a framework to develop a range of polymer-based interpenetrated materials for high-performance energy storage technologies.
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