A renewable biopolymer cathode with multivalent metal ions for enhanced charge storage

  • Shimelis Admassie*
  • , Anders Elfwing
  • , Edwin W.H. Jager
  • , Qinye Bao
  • , Olle Inganäs
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A ternary composite supercapacitor electrode consisting of phosphomolybdic acid (HMA), a renewable biopolymer, lignin, and polypyrrole was synthesized by a simple one-step simultaneous electrochemical deposition and characterized by electrochemical methods. It was found that the addition of HMA increased the specific capacitance of the polypyrrole-lignin composite from 477 to 682 F g-1 (at a discharge current of 1 A g-1) and also significantly improved the charge storage capacity from 69 to 128 mA h g -1.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1974-1979
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Materials Chemistry A
Volume2
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 Feb 2014
Externally publishedYes

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