Structural composite supercapacitors

By N. Shirshova, H. Qian, M. Shaffer, Joachim H.G. Steinke, E. Greenhalgh, Paul T. Curtis, A. Kucernak, A. Bismarck. 2013

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Abstract This paper presents the development of multifunctional materials that perform a structural role whilst simultaneously storing electrical energy as a supercapacitor. Two structural carbon fibre woven electrodes were separated by a woven glass fibre layer, and infused with a multifunctional polymer electrolyte. Following characterisation of electrochemical and compressive performance, working structural supercapacitor prototypes were demonstrated. Since the relative mechanical and electrical demands are application specific, an optimisation methodology is proposed. Multifunctional composites were achieved, which had compressive moduli of up to 39 GPa and capacitances of up to 52 mF g −1 .

Subfields: Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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Citations in the corpus

• Highly ordered macroporous woody biochar with ultra-high carbon content as supercapacitor electrodes (2013, background): “[1] N.”
• Recent advances in fiber/matrix interphase engineering for polymer composites (2015, background): “A very promising field involving interphase engineering is related to the modification of conventional structural carbon fibres via activation (by steam, carbon dioxide, acid or potassium hydroxide) to create fibres which can be used simultaneously as electrode and reinforcement in structural compos”
• Multifunctional application of carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites: Electrical properties of the reinforcing carbon fibers – A short review (2019, methodology): “[5] used a special layer order: carbon fabric – glass mat – carbon fabric and a suitable polymer electrolyte,”
• Structural battery composites: a review (2019, background): “This concept has been demonstrated for several different systems (Shirshova et al 2013, 2014, Greenhalgh et al 2015, Yu et al 2016) to give a combination of relatively high modulus and conductivity.”