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Fabrication on the Flexible Supercapacitor Based on the Polypyrrole Deposited on Polyethylene/Polypropylene Non-Woven Film

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Non-woven films of polypropylene/polyethylene (PP/PE) are usually used as filter membrane or diaphragm because of their excellent mechanical strength and chemical stability. Here, by using PP/PE as substrates, the composite films of FeTS/(PP/PE) are prepared via drop-coating iron p-toluenesulfonate (FeTS) on the PP/PE. Polypyrrole (PPy) is then deposited on PP/PE non-woven films to form the PPy/(PP/PE) composites by reacting the pyrrole vapor with oxidant of FeTS. The structure of PPy/(PP/PE) prepared under different conditions have been characterized in detail. Using H3PO4/polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) as the gel electrolyte, the flexible symmetric electrochemical capacitors (FEC) of PPy/(PP/PE)//PPy (PP/PE) are prepared and the properties of the devices are determined. The results show that the optimized FEC exhibits relatively high areal specific capacitance (246.6 mF cm–2 at 2 mV s–1 scan rate), excellent cyclic stability (capacitance retention is 92.5% after 20 000 cycles), and excellent flexibility (the capacitance retention is 90.0% after 2000 and 81.3% after 3000 repeated bending cycles), which indicate that this kind of FEC may have potential application in flexible electronic device.

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The authors thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21574076, U1510121, 21501113, 61804091, 21602127 and 61504076) and the Fund for Shanxi “1331 Project” Key Innovative Research Team (TD701704) and Engineering Research Center (PT201807). And we are also grateful for the test platform provided by Shanxi University of Scientific Instrument Center.

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    Y. Z. Chang, W. H. Shi, G. Y. Han & W. J. Hou

  2. School of Foreign Languages, Shanxi University, 030006, Taiyuan, China

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Chang Y and Shi W directed and designed the project; Shi W performed the experiments; Shi W wrote the paper with support from Chang Y and Han G. All authors contributed to the general discussion.

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Chang, Y.Z., Shi, W.H., Han, G.Y. et al. Fabrication on the Flexible Supercapacitor Based on the Polypyrrole Deposited on Polyethylene/Polypropylene Non-Woven Film. Russ J Electrochem 56, 947–958 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1023193520060038

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