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Inkjet Printing Fabrication of Supercapacitors

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Abstract

Inkjet printing technology (IJP) is perceived as a significant innovation in the creation of large energy storage applications. This printing method has many benefits over traditional manufacturing processes, including contact-free elevated patterning, less expense, regulated material deposition, understanding specific, and interoperability with many material types. Owing to such exceptional benefits, much study has been put into the IJP methodology to fabricate electrochemical energy storage technologies, especially supercapacitors (SCs). Such efforts have concentrated on rationally forming and patterning the functional inks to fabricate the essential SC parts. It is necessary and crucial to have a thorough understanding of most of the current advances in InkJet printed SCs to further broaden the material design strategy and speed up technological advancement. To that end, this chapter will discuss the current advances in IJP of capacitive devices for energy storage, including the advancement of printable composite materials, their process of printing, and their supercapacitive performances.

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Abbreviations

Ag:

Silver

ASC:

Asymmetrical Supercapacitor 

BMIMBF4:

1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate

CIJ:

Continuous Inkjet Printing

CNF:

Cellulose Nano Fibril

CNT:

Carbon Nanotube

Cu:

Copper

CuxO:

Copper Oxide

CV:

Cyclic Voltammetry

DIW:

Direct Ink Writing

DoD:

Drop-on-Demand

ED:

Energy Density

EDX:

Energy Dispersive X-ray Analysis

Emf:

Electromotive Force

ETPTA:

Ethoxylated Trimethylolpropane Triacrylate

FCPF:

Flexible Composite Protein Film

GCD:

Galvanostatic Charge–Discharge

GO:

Graphene Oxide

IJP:

Inkjet Printing

KI:

Potassium Iodide

δ-MnO2:

Delta Manganese Dioxide

MP:

Mxene/PEDOT:PSS

MSC:

Microsupercapacitor

MWCNT:

Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube

NF:

Nickel Foam

Ni(OH)2:

Nickel Hydroxide

Ni-Co LDH:

Nickel-Cobalt-Layered Double Hydroxide

NGP/PANI:

Graphene/Polyaniline

NiO:

Nickel Oxide

NSFE:

Nano Silver Flexible Electrode

PC :

Printed Circuit

PD:

Power Density

PEDOT: PSS:

Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) Polystyrene Sulfonate 

PET:

Polyethylene Terephthalate

PVA:

Poly (vinyl alcohol)

PVA–H3PO4:

Poly(vinyl alcohol)-Phosphoric Acid

PVA-KOH:

Poly (vinyl alcohol)-Potassium Hydroxide

PVDF:

Polyvinylidene Fluoride

rGO:

Reduced Graphene Oxide

RuO2:

Ruthenium Oxide

SC:

Supercapacitor

SDBS:

Sodium Dodecyl Benzenesulfonate

SEM:

Scanning Electron Microscopy

SWCNT:

Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube

Ti:

Titanium

UV:

Ultraviolet

XRD:

X-ray Diffraction

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The authors are thankful to the Technology Mission Division (Energy, Water & all Others), Department of Science & Technology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India, New Delhi, India for the financial support under the Scheme of IC-MAP-2021, Project Title: DST-Storage MAP (Ref. No: DST/TMD/IC-MAP/2K20/01).

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Narayanan, K.R.H., Kannan, S., Ramadoss, A. (2024). Inkjet Printing Fabrication of Supercapacitors. In: Hussain, C.M., Ahamed, M.B. (eds) Functionalized Nanomaterials Based Supercapacitor. Materials Horizons: From Nature to Nanomaterials. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3021-0_8

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