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Pyrolysed cellulose nanofibrils and dandelion pappus in supercapacitor application

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Dandelion pappus and wood based nanocellulose fibrils were combined to form films that were subsequently pyrolyzed under low-pressure conditions in a carbon monoxide (CO) rich atmosphere to make supercapacitor electrode material. The electrodes were prepared from these materials and pyrolysed under low-pressure conditions in a carbon monoxide-rich atmosphere. The electrode materials and assembled supercapacitors were electrically and structurally characterized. The assembled six supercapacitors showed specific capacitances per electrode ranging from 1 to 6 F/g and surface resistance of pyrolyzed electrodes ranging from 30 to 170 Ω/□. Finally, equivalent series resistance and leakage current measurements were conducted for three samples, resulting values from 125 to 500 Ω and from 0.5 to 5.5 µA, respectively.

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  1. Biomeditech institute and Faculty of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, Tampere University of Technology, P.O. Box 692, 33101, Tampere, Finland

    Juhani Virtanen, Arno Pammo & Sampo Tuukkanen

  2. Laboratory of Electronics and Communications Engineering, Tampere University of Technology, P.O. Box 692, 33101, Tampere, Finland

    Jari Keskinen

  3. Laboratory of Materials Science, Tampere University of Technology, P.O. Box 589, 33101, Tampere, Finland

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JV and AP has fabricated the composite electrodes, performed the high temperature pyrolysis, and performed the electrical measurements using Ivium potentiostat, as well as analysed the data. JK has performed the electrical measurements with Maccor equipment. JV, AP and ST has written the most of the manuscript. ES has performed the SEM and EDS analysis. All authors commented the manuscript and gave their approval to the final version of the manuscript.

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Virtanen, J., Pammo, A., Keskinen, J. et al. Pyrolysed cellulose nanofibrils and dandelion pappus in supercapacitor application. Cellulose 24, 3387–3397 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-017-1332-8

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