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Capacitance characteristic of PEDOT electrodeposited on different substrates

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Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) has been electrochemically deposited on carbon paper (CP), stainless steel mesh (SSM), stainless steel (SS), and indium tin oxide (ITO) by unipolar-pulsed method. The surface morphology, micro-structure, and electrochemical capacitance for PEDOT/substrates were characterized by scanning electron microscope (SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and electrochemical techniques. The electrochemical capacity measurements of the PEDOT/CP electrode in 0.5 M H2SO4 shows high mass-specific capacitance of 126.24 F/g at a 1 mA/cm2, which is consistent with the specific capacitance of 126.75 F/g at 5 mV/s. Compared with PEDOT/SSM, PEDOT/SS, and PEDOT/ITO, PEDOT/CP electrode shows better capacitive performance, which presents good rate performance of 76.78% at 5 mA/cm2 and charge-discharge stability with the capacitance retention rate of 80.57% for 5000 cycles. SEM result shows PEDOT maintained the spindle-like structure along with the threads of each carbon fiber, which are densely packed and randomly oriented forming the porous structure.

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A simple unipolar pulse electro-polymerization was successfully applied to prepare PEDOT films.

The PEDOT had been fabricated over porous carbon paper (CP), stainless steel mesh (SSM), stainless steel (SS), and indium tin oxide (ITO).

The PEDOT deposited on the four substrates has obviously different properties. Compared the three others, PEDOT/CP exhibited the best electrochemical performance with a specific capacitance of 126.24 F/g at a current density of 1 mA/cm2.

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Du, H.Y., Liu, X.X., Ren, Z. et al. Capacitance characteristic of PEDOT electrodeposited on different substrates. J Solid State Electrochem 22, 3947–3954 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-018-4104-y

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