Sandwich structured pedot-TiO2/GO/PEDOT-TiO2 electrodes for supercapacitor

Abstract

In this study, we fabricated a divergent strategy to enhance the electrochemical capacitive properties of electrodes via the cost-effective multistep green and facile electrodeposition and brush coating technique of PEDOT-TiO2/GO/PEDOT-TiO2 composite. The synthesised composite showed both EDLCs and pseudocapacitive behaviour with a good specific capacitance of 501 Fg−1 for sandwiched structure at 1 Ag−1. From the results, synthesized composite has a better ion transportation mechanism which leads to a fast charge–discharge cycle as well as a very high value of power density (500 kW/ kg) suitable for supercapacitor applications. The substance demonstrated excellent electrochemical stability, retaining 94 % of capacitance after 2000 cycles. The obtained nanocomposites were examined by FTIR, XRD, Raman, SEM-EDX and electrochemical analyses such as CV, GCD and EIS analyses. We consider that the highly stable PEDOT-TiO2/GO/PEDOT-TiO2 nanocomposite with super-capacitive behaviours is a very promising material for high-performance electrochemical storage.

Keywords

• Supercapacitor
• PEDOT
• Graphene Oxide
• Metal Oxide
• Electrochemical Performance