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rGO / MnO2 / Polyterthiophene ternary composite: pore size control, electrochemical supercapacitor behavior and equivalent circuit model analysis

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In this work, a new electrode active materials including reduced graphene oxide (rGO), Manganese dioxide (MnO2) / polyterthiophene (PTTh) has been synthesized as a nanocomposite using in-situ polymerization method, microwave-assisted method for obtaining reduced graphene oxide and chemical synthesis of metal-oxide for supercapacitor devices. A ternary nanocomposites of rGO/MnO2/PTTh were characterized by the analysis of Fourier transform infrared-attenuated transmission reflectance (FTIR-ATR), Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersion X-ray analysis (SEM-EDX), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), thermal-gravimetric analysis (TGA-DTA), Brunauer-Emmett Teller (BET) pore analysis, Ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) spectrophotometer, X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), galvanostatic charge/discharge (GCD), and cyclic voltammetry (CV). The highest specific capacitance (Csp) was obtained as Csp = 908.86 F/g for rGO/MnO2/PTTh nanocomposite at 1 mV/s for [MnO2]o/[TTh]o = 1/3. Moreover, equivalent electrical circuit model of LR(QR) was chosen to interpret EIS analysis of supercapacitor device. rGO/MnO2/PTTh nanocomposite has both electrochemical double-layer capacitance and pseudocapacitance due to the fast and reversible redox processes related to the π-conjugated polymer chains.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from TUBITAK, Project number: 117 M042. We wish thank to Assoc.Prof.Dr. Murat Turkyilmaz (Trakya Uni., Chemistry Dep., Inorganic Chem. Div. for his TGA/DTA measurements.

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    Murat Ates, Ozge Kuzgun & Murat Yildirim

  2. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakif University, 34445, Istanbul, Turkey

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Research Highlights

1- rGO/MnO2/PTTh nanocomposites presented as an electrode active material for supercapacitor.

2- R(QR) equivalent circuit model was simulated for EIS analysis.

3- A symmetric supercapacitor device was formed as two electrode configuration.

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Ates, M., Kuzgun, O., Yildirim, M. et al. rGO / MnO2 / Polyterthiophene ternary composite: pore size control, electrochemical supercapacitor behavior and equivalent circuit model analysis. J Polym Res 27, 202 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-020-02183-5

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