Facile Enhancement of Electrochemical Performance of Solid-State Supercapacitor via Atmospheric Plasma Treatment on PVA-Based Gel-Polymer Electrolyte
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Fabrication of Plasma-Treated PVA-Based Gel-Polymer Electrolyte (Plasma-Treated PVA)
2.2. Electrochemical Properties of Plasma-Treated PVA-Based SSC
3. Conclusions
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Materials
4.2. Preparation of PVA-Based Gel-Polymer Electrolyte (Pristine PVA)
4.3. Surface Modification of PVA-Based Gel-Polymer Electrolyte Using O2 Atmospheric Plasma Treatment
4.4. Characterization
4.5. Assembly of SSC
4.6. Electrochemical Measurement
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Materials | Target of the Treatment | Plasma Type | Specific Capacitance | Ref | |
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Without Plasma | With Plasma | ||||
PVA-120W5/Na2SO4 | gel electrolyte | Oxygen atmospheric plasma | 3.89 mF cm−2 (at 100 mV s−1) | 7.89 mF cm−2 | This work |
rGO-MnOx | active material or electrode | Nitrogen plasma | 9.92 mF cm−2 (at 2 mV s−1) | 52.23 mF cm−2 | [48] |
MWCNTs | active material or electrode | Nitrogen plasma | 22 F g−1 (at 10 mV s−1) | 55 F g−1 | [82] |
MWNTs | active material or electrode | Oxygen plasma | 61.5 F g−1 (at 100 mV s−1) | 238.2 F g−1 | [83] |
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Kim, D.-H.; Jekal, S.; Kim, C.-G.; Chu, Y.-R.; Noh, J.; Kim, M.S.; Lee, N.; Song, W.-J.; Yoon, C.-M. Facile Enhancement of Electrochemical Performance of Solid-State Supercapacitor via Atmospheric Plasma Treatment on PVA-Based Gel-Polymer Electrolyte. Gels 2023, 9, 351. https://doi.org/10.3390/gels9040351
Kim D-H, Jekal S, Kim C-G, Chu Y-R, Noh J, Kim MS, Lee N, Song W-J, Yoon C-M. Facile Enhancement of Electrochemical Performance of Solid-State Supercapacitor via Atmospheric Plasma Treatment on PVA-Based Gel-Polymer Electrolyte. Gels. 2023; 9(4):351. https://doi.org/10.3390/gels9040351
Chicago/Turabian StyleKim, Dong-Hyun, Suk Jekal, Chan-Gyo Kim, Yeon-Ryong Chu, Jungchul Noh, Min Sang Kim, Neunghi Lee, Woo-Jin Song, and Chang-Min Yoon. 2023. "Facile Enhancement of Electrochemical Performance of Solid-State Supercapacitor via Atmospheric Plasma Treatment on PVA-Based Gel-Polymer Electrolyte" Gels 9, no. 4: 351. https://doi.org/10.3390/gels9040351
APA StyleKim, D. -H., Jekal, S., Kim, C. -G., Chu, Y. -R., Noh, J., Kim, M. S., Lee, N., Song, W. -J., & Yoon, C. -M. (2023). Facile Enhancement of Electrochemical Performance of Solid-State Supercapacitor via Atmospheric Plasma Treatment on PVA-Based Gel-Polymer Electrolyte. Gels, 9(4), 351. https://doi.org/10.3390/gels9040351