Planar Micro-Supercapacitors with High Power Density Screen-Printed by Aqueous Graphene Conductive Ink
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Preparation of Aqueous Graphene Ink
2.3. Screen Printing of Inks and Assembly of Micro-Supercapacitors
2.4. Characterization
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Morphology and Quality of Graphene
3.2. Rheological Behavior and Printing Performance of Graphene Inks
3.3. Electrochemical Performance of Micro-Supercapacitors
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Ink–0.25 | Ink–0.67 | Ink–1.5 | Ink–4 | |
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G′ (Pa) | 4208 | 2941 | 2048 | 1109 |
G″ (Pa) | 2118 | 1246 | 715 | 330 |
Tanδ (G″/G′) | 0.504 | 0.424 | 0.349 | 0.298 |
τy (Pa) | 3.3 | 6.7 | 9.8 | 11.2 |
τf (Pa) | 27.4 | 43.2 | 99.8 | 240.3 |
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Wang, Y.; Zhang, X.; Zhu, Y.; Li, X.; Shen, Z. Planar Micro-Supercapacitors with High Power Density Screen-Printed by Aqueous Graphene Conductive Ink. Materials 2024, 17, 4021. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17164021
Wang Y, Zhang X, Zhu Y, Li X, Shen Z. Planar Micro-Supercapacitors with High Power Density Screen-Printed by Aqueous Graphene Conductive Ink. Materials. 2024; 17(16):4021. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17164021
Chicago/Turabian StyleWang, Youchang, Xiaojing Zhang, Yuwei Zhu, Xiaolu Li, and Zhigang Shen. 2024. "Planar Micro-Supercapacitors with High Power Density Screen-Printed by Aqueous Graphene Conductive Ink" Materials 17, no. 16: 4021. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17164021