New ‘supercondensers’ store electric charge in textile materials

Nanowerk  October 8, 2019
Researchers in Spain evaluated different strategies that enable the obtention of electric charge accumulators from the electrochemical reduction of graphene oxide on the surface of the activated carbon (reduced graphene oxide – RGO) and the subsequent electrosynthesis of polyaniline (Pani). They are supercondensers placed on active carbon tissues that stand out due to their electric properties and high level of power. The devices they have designed and tested make use of all the potential of active carbon, graphene and polyaniline, a polymer with high capabilities that is already broadly used in textile materials. The supercondensers could be small to supply energy to mobile devices, from mobile phone and laptop. In tests they withstood 1,000 charging and discharging cycles. According to the researchers supercondensers have great potential as an alternative to lithium batteries or fuel cells, treat wastewater by way of electrolysis, and in biomedical settings…read more. TECHNICAL ARTICLE

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