Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Improved supercapacitive performances of zirconia after incorporation with polythiophene

  • ORIGINAL PAPER
  • Published:
Polymer Bulletin Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

In the present study, we have demonstrated the synthesis of zirconia (ZrO2) and polythiophene (PTh)-based nanocomposite (ZrO2/PTh) for supercapacitors (SCs). The synthetic method was found to be efficient and low-cost. The ZrO2/PTh was characterised using different analytical techniques. The electrochemical investigations have been conducted using cyclic voltammetry, galvanostatic charge–discharge, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, respectively. The maximum specific capacitance of ZrO2/PTh was found to be 341.3 F/g under a three-electrode system. Cyclic stabilities of ZrO2/PTh have been evaluated to be 88.6% and 81.7% after 5000 cycles under three and two electrode systems, respectively. The power densities of ZrO2/PTh were found to be 1830.4, 1659.6, 1000.8, 750, 667.2, and 333.3 W/kg at energy densities of 0.3, 0.4, 0.6, 0.7, 1.2, and 1.9 Wh/kg, respectively.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
Fig. 6
Fig. 7

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Chavali MS, Nikolova MP (2019) Metal oxide nanoparticles and their applications in nanotechnology. SN Appl Sci. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-019-0592-3

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Deka S (2023) Nanostructured mixed transition metal oxide spinels for supercapacitor applications. Dalton Transac 52:839–856

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Jinxi W, Aimin W, Ghasemi AK, Lashkenari MS, Pashai E, Karaman C, Niculina DE, Karimi-Maleh H (2023) Tailoring of ZnFe2O4-ZrO2-based nanoarchitectures catalyst for supercapacitor electrode material and methanol oxidation reaction. Fuel 334:126685. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2022.126685

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Namsheer K, Rout CS (2021) Conducting polymers: a comprehensive review on recent advances in synthesis, properties and applications. RSC Adv 11:5659–5697

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Yadav S, Rani N, Saini K (2022) A review on transition metal oxides based nanocomposites, their synthesis techniques, different morphologies and potential applications. IOP Conf Ser Mater Sci Eng 1225:012004. https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/1225/1/012004

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Precious-Ayanwale A, Donohué-Cornejo A, Cuevas-González JC, Espinosa-Cristóbal LF, Reyes-López SY (2018) review of the synthesis, characterization and application of zirconia mixed metal oxide nanoparticles. Intern J Res Granthaal 6:136–145. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1403844

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Kumar N, Joshi NC (2022) Potential of PTH-Fe3O4 based nanomaterial for the removal of Pb (II), Cd (II), and Cr (VI) ions. J Inorg Organomet Polym 32:1234–1245. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-021-02173-0

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Yin L, Nakanishi Y, Alao AR, Song XF, Abduo J, Zhang Y (2017) A review of engineered zirconia surfaces in biomedical applications. Proc CIRP 65:284–290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2017.04.057

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. McCullough RD (1998) The chemistry of conducting polythiophenes. Adv Mater 10:93–116

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Joshi NC, Gururani P, Kimothi S (2023) Synthesis and electrochemical properties of OEB@NiO based electrode material. Inorganic Chem Commun. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inoche.2023.110786

    Article  Google Scholar 

  11. Joshi NC, Gururani P, Chetana S, Kumar N (2023) Synthesis and electrochemical properties of silver incorporated biochar nanocomposites. J Inorganic Organomet Polym Mate. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-023-02631-x

    Article  Google Scholar 

  12. Sharma K, Arora A, Tripathi SK (2019) Review of supercapacitors: materials and devices. J Energy Stor 21:801–825

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. Chatterjee DP, Nandi AK (2021) A review on the recent advances in hybrid supercapacitors. J Mater Chem A 9:15880–15918

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. An C, Zhang Y, Guo H, Wang Y (2019) Metal oxide-based supercapacitors: progress and prospectives. Nanoscale Adv 1(12):4644–4658

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  15. Ates M, Serin MA, Ekmen I, Ertas YN (2015) Supercapacitor behaviors of polyaniline/CuO, polypyrrole/CuO and PEDOT/CuO nanocomposites. Polym Bull 72:2573–2589. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-015-1422-4

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  16. Zhu Y, Xu H, Tang J, Jiang X, Bao Y, Chen Y (2021) Preparation of ternary composite CF@γ-MnO2/PANI material in electrochemical supercapacitors. J Mater Sci Mater Electron 32:25300–25317. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-06989-x

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  17. Xu C, Puente-Santiago AR, Rodriguez-Padron D, Caballero A, Balu AM, Romero A, Muñoz-Batista MJ, Luque R (2019) Controllable design of polypyrrole-iron oxide nanocoral architectures for supercapacitors with ultrahigh cycling stability. ACS Appl Energy Mater 2:2161–2168

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  18. Moyseowicz A, Śliwak A, Miniach E, Gryglewicz G (2017) Polypyrrole/iron oxide/reduced graphene oxide ternary composite as a binderless electrode material with high cyclic stability for supercapacitors. Compos Part B: Eng 109:23–29

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  19. Pascariu P, Tudose IV, Vernardou D, Koudoumas E, Ionescu ON, Bucur S, Suchea M (2020) SnO2 and Ni doped SnO2/polythiophene nanocomposites for gas sensing applications. Solid State Electron Lett 2:85–91

    Article  Google Scholar 

  20. Qiu Z, Peng Y, He D, Wang Y, Chen S (2018) Ternary Fe3O4@C@PANi nanocomposites as high-performance supercapacitor electrode materials. J Mater Sci 53:12322–12333. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-018-2451-9

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  21. Joshi NC, Gairola SP, Gururani P (2021) Characterisations and adsorption behaviour of biologically synthesised Fe3O4 based hybrid nanosorbent (Fe3O4-BHN). Mater Chem Phys 270:124825

    Article  Google Scholar 

  22. Joshi NC, Rawat BS, Kumar P, Kumar N, Upadhyay S, Chetana S, Gururani P, Kimothi S (2022) Sustainable synthetic approach and applications of ZnO/r-GO in the adsorption of toxic Pb2+ and Cr6+ ions. Inorg Chem Commun. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.INOCHE.2022.110040

    Article  Google Scholar 

  23. Upadhyay S, Pandey OP (2021) Studies on 2D-molybdenum diselenide (MoSe2) based electrode materials for supercapacitor and batteries: a critical analysis. J Energy Stor. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2021.102809

    Article  Google Scholar 

  24. Joshi NC, Dhiman R, Kimothi S, Kumar N, Semwal P, Gajraj V (2022) Synthesis and supercapacitive performances of PPY@MoO3 based nanocomposite material. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 104:178–188. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-022-05928-4

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  25. Sidhu GK, Kaushik AK, Rana S, Bhansali S, Kumar R (2015) Photoluminescence quenching of Zirconia nanoparticle by surface modification. Appl Surf Sci 334:216–221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.10.036

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  26. Das RS, Warkhade SK, Kumar A, Wankhade AV (2019) Graphene oxide-based zirconium oxide nanocomposite for enhanced visible light-driven photocatalytic activity. Rese Chem Interm 45:1689–1705

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  27. Joshi NC, Malik N, Singh A (2020) Synthesis and characterizations of polythiophene–Al2O3 based nanosorbent and its applications in the removal of Pb2+, Cd2+ and Zn2+ ions. J Inorg Organomet Polym 30:1438–1447. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-019-01252-7

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  28. Malik AR, Sharif S, Shaheen F, Khalid M, Iqbal Y, Faisal A, Aziz MH, Atif M, Ahmad S, Fakhar-e-Alam M, Hossain N (2022) Green synthesis of RGO-ZnO mediated Ocimum basilicum leaves extract nanocomposite for antioxidant, antibacterial, antidiabetic and photocatalytic activity. J Saudi Chem Soci 26:101438

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  29. Wang J, Yin W, He X, Wang Q, Guo M, Chen S (2016) Good biocompatibility and sintering properties of zirconia nanoparticles synthesized via vapor-phase hydrolysis. Scien Rep. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep35020

    Article  Google Scholar 

  30. Basahel SN, Ali TT, Mokhtar M, Narasimharao K (2015) Influence of crystal structure of nanosized ZrO2 on photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange. Nano Res Lett. https://doi.org/10.1186/s11671-015-0780-z

    Article  Google Scholar 

  31. Singh R, Bajpai AK, Shrivastava AK (2021) CdSe nanorod-reinforced poly (thiophene) composites in designing energy storage devices: study of morphology and dielectric behavior. Polym Bull 78:115–131

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  32. Yun C, Hwang S (2020) Analysis of the charging current in cyclic voltammetry and supercapacitor’s galvanostatic charging profile based on a constant-phase element. ACS Omega 6:367–373

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  33. Joshi NC, Rawat BS, Bisht H, Gajraj V, Kumar N, Chetana S, Gururani P (2022) Synthesis and supercapacitive behaviour of SnO2/r-GO nanocomposite. Synth Met 289:117132

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  34. Gajraj V, Mariappan CR (2021) CuWO4: A promising multifunctional electrode material for energy storage as in redox active solid-state asymmetric supercapacitor and an electrocatalyst for energy conversion in methanol electro-oxidation. J Electroanal Chem 895:115504. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2021.115504

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  35. Laschuk NO, Easton EB, Zenkina OV (2021) Reducing the resistance for the use of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy analysis in materials chemistry. RSC Adv 11:27925–27936

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  36. Mei B, Munteshari O, Lau J, Dunn B, Pilon L (2018) Physical interpretations of nyquist plots for edlc electrodes and devices. J Phys Chem C 122:194–206. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b10582

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  37. Yeganeh M, Omidi M, Mortazavi H, Etemad A, Rostami MR, Shafiei ME (2020) Enhancement routes of corrosion resistance in the steel reinforced concrete by using nanomaterials. Smart Nanocon Cement Mater. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-817854-6.00026-x

    Article  Google Scholar 

  38. Shao Y, Li J, Li Y, Wang H, Zhang Q, Kaner RB (2017) Flexible quasi-solid-state planar micro-supercapacitorbased on cellular graphene films. Mater Horiz. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7MH00441A

    Article  Google Scholar 

  39. Radha KP, Mahalakshmi P, Chitra S (2016) Magnitude bode plot analysis of solid polymer electrolyte PMMA complexed with adipic acid. Der Pharma Chem 8:222–226

    CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

We are thankful to the Division of Research & Innovation for providing all the necessary facilities for carrying out experimental work.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Division of Research and Innovation, Uttaranchal University, Dehradun, India

    Naveen Chandra Joshi

Authors
  1. Naveen Chandra Joshi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Naveen Chandra Joshi.

Ethics declarations

Conflict of interest

The authors declare no competing interests.

Additional information

Publisher's Note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Rights and permissions

Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law.

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Joshi, N.C. Improved supercapacitive performances of zirconia after incorporation with polythiophene. Polym. Bull. 81, 5253–5265 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-023-04969-1

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-023-04969-1

Keywords

Search

Navigation