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Design and synthesis of ternary composite of polyaniline-sulfonated graphene oxide-TiO2 nanorods: a highly stable electrode material for supercapacitor

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Supercapacitor is an important energy storage device. Nature of electrode material plays an important role in the performance of supercapacitor. Carbon, metal oxide, and conducting polymer-based materials are being used as electrode materials. Each type of material has its own advantages and disadvantages. To improve the energy density and cycle life performance of conducting polymer, in this work, metal oxide (TiO2) and carbon (sulfonated graphene oxide) materials were incorporated on to polyaniline. Presence of polyaniline, titanium dioxide, and sulfonated graphene oxide in the composite material was supported by Fourier transform infrared, XRD, FE-SEM, and EDAX techniques. Composite material of nanorods with sphere morphology in excellent yield and reasonably good conductivity was obtained. Electrochemical performances of the composite material were carried by cyclic voltammetry, charge-discharge, and impedance measurements. Composite material showed much better performances than that of its individual components in terms of specific capacitance, energy density, power density, and cycle life.

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Acknowledgements

The authors thank CSIR, New Delhi, under the TAPSUN program (NWP-0056) for funding. The authors thank Dr. S. Chandrasekhar, Director, and Dr. T. Shekharam, Head, P&FM Division, IICT, for their support and encouragement. Authors also thank Dr. Vijayamohanan K. Pillai, Director, and Dr. S. Gopukumar, Senior Principal Scientist, CSIR-CECRI, Karaikudi, for their valuable suggestions. Ravi and Rajender are indebted to UGC, India, for Senior Research Fellowship.

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  1. Polymers and Functional Materials Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Tarnaka, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, Telangana State, 500 007, India

    Ravi Bolagam, Rajender Boddula & Palaniappan Srinivasan

  2. Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, New Delhi, India

    Ravi Bolagam & Palaniappan Srinivasan

  3. National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China

    Rajender Boddula

  4. CSIR–Network Institutes for Solar Energy (NISE), Pilani, India

    Palaniappan Srinivasan

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Bolagam, R., Boddula, R. & Srinivasan, P. Design and synthesis of ternary composite of polyaniline-sulfonated graphene oxide-TiO2 nanorods: a highly stable electrode material for supercapacitor. J Solid State Electrochem 22, 129–139 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-017-3732-y

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