Development and Characterization of Highly Ionic Conductive Hydrogel Electrolytes for Supercapacitors

Zabidi, Alya Sabrina and Kamarulazam, Fathiah and Farhana, N. K. and Bashir, Shahid and Ramesh, Subramaniam and Ramesh, Kasi (2024) Development and Characterization of Highly Ionic Conductive Hydrogel Electrolytes for Supercapacitors. Energy & Fuels, 38 (4). pp. 3458-3469. ISSN 0887-0624, DOI https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.3c03967.

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.3c03967

Abstract

In this study, epoxidized natural rubber (ENR-25) in combination with acrylamide and acrylic acid hydrogels with N,N `-methylenebis(acrylamide) as a chemical cross-linking agent was formulated using a free-radical polymerization technique. Different vol % of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) (5, 10, 15, and 20 vol %) was used to prepare the hydrogel electrolyte and labeled as NR/NaOH5, NR/NaOH10, NR/NaOH15, and NR/NaOH20, respectively. The synthesized hydrogels were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD). The ionic conductivity was measured using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), and it was found that the NR/NaOH20 hydrogel obtained the highest ionic conductivity of 8.72 mS cm(-1) with the lowest activation energy of 0.1045 eV. Symmetric supercapacitors were fabricated using NR/NaOH5, NR/NaOH10, NR/NaOH15, and NR/NaOH20 as hydrogel electrolytes and electrochemical studies such as cyclic voltammetry (CV) and galvanostatic charge-discharge (GCD) analysis were conducted. The electrochemical performance disclosed that the hydrogel containing the highest amount of NaOH (NR/NaOH(2)0) showed maximum specific capacitances of 49.66 F/g at 5 mV/s and 43.24 F/g at 300 mA/g.

Item Type: Article
Funders: Institut Pengurusan dan Pemantauan Penyelidikan, Universiti Malaya (FRGS/1/2022/STG05/UM/01/2); (TeD1), Ministry of Higher Education through the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (MOSTI002-2021TED1), Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change (MESTECC), Malaysia
Uncontrolled Keywords: Carbon; Electrodes; Impedance; Graphene; Behavior
Subjects: Q Science > Q Science (General)
Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Department of Physics
Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research & Innovation) Office > UM Power Energy Dedicated Advanced Centre
Depositing User: Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim
Date Deposited: 11 Nov 2024 01:20
Last Modified: 11 Nov 2024 01:20
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/45712

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