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This paper delineates the design and fabrication of Nafion and Chlorophyll-Nafion membranes in originating the flexible supercapacitors and direct alcoholic fuel cells. Herein, the procedure for the extraction of Chlorophyll from the plant leaves is demonstrated. An advanced flexible membrane of Nafion-Chlorophyll is synthesized by a facile synthesis procedure. Here, we examine the Nafion-Chlorophyll membrane as a supercapacitor and its performance is enhanced in the absence of light using three-electrode setup. The chlorophyll intercalated membrane electrodes depict a specific capacitance of 0.237 \(\mu F\) \({cm^{-2}}\) when the light is just on from the dark and decreased to 0.15 \(\mu F\) \({cm^{-2}}\) after 60 min of light exposure. Moreover, the membrane electrode also exhibits capacitive retention of 89.04% after 1000 cycles. Furthermore, the excellent efficiency of the Nafion-Chlorophyll membrane is observed in methanol and ethanol oxidation reactions (MOR and EOR) along with the current density of 10 and 9.43 \(\mu A\) \({cm^{-2}}\) respectively. Thus, the fabricated flexible chlorophyll membrane shows huge proficiency in portable and flexible energy storage platforms.
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The research was performed using facilities at MEMS & Microelectronics Lab., E &ECE department, IIT Kharagpur. The authors would like to thank E &ECE department for providing access to lab and staff of MEMS & Microelectronics Lab, E &ECE department, IIT Kharagpur for their help. Additionally, the authors would like to thank MeitY and DST, Government of India, for allocating funds.
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Datta, A., Mondal, M., Dhar, R. et al. Chlorophyll interpolated nafion-membrane for flexible supercapacitor with methanol and ethanol oxidation reaction. J Appl Electrochem 54, 1447–1461 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10800-023-02035-2
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