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Natural fibers and reduced graphene oxide-based flexible paper electrode for energy storage applications

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In recent era of modern and bendable technology, energy dearth arises as a paramount subject around the globe with a dire demand of flexible and lightweight energy storage devices. This study targets fabrication of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) and utility of abundantly available, cost effective, and environment friendly lignocelluloses (LC) fibers extracted from Carica papaya source, as a binder to bind active material (rGO) as robust and compact paper sheet. Fabricated samples were analyzed by X-ray diffraction for crystallographic analysis, Scanning electron microscopy, Transmission electron microscope for morphology, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy for structural bonding, and Raman spectroscopy for vibrational modes. Robust and bendable rGO/LC paper electrode was tested for energy storage application by employing in different characterizations, i.e., cyclic voltammetry for capacitive behavior, galvanostatic charge–discharge for symmetric EDLC, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy for resistive charge kinetics, respectively. rGO/LC composite sheet employed as working electrode in 3-electrode CV measurements and revealed specific capacitance of 591 F/g at a scan rate of 5 mV/s by keeping the undistorted shape of voltammograms at higher scan rates which present it as a suitable candidate for modern flexible and energy storage devices. rGO/LC-based symmetric cell revealed the highest specific capacitance of 228 F/g at applied current density of 0.1 A/g, the energy density of 6.3 Wh/kg, and power density of 129 W/kg, respectively. rGO/LC-based symmetric cell confirmed the cycling stability by revealing capacitance retention of 82% after 200 cycles. It can conclude that biomass-based rGO paper sheet can be a potential candidate as environmentally safe with remarkable electrochemical activity in energy storage applications.

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The financial support from Higher Education Commission, Pakistan; NRPU Grant No: 5334/Federal/NRPU/R&D/HEC/2016 is greatly acknowledged. This study was funded by Higher Education Commission, Pakistan (5334/Federal/NRPU/R&D/HEC/2016).

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  1. Department of Physics, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, Lahore, 54000, Pakistan

    Faiza Bibi, Aneeqa Masood, Muhammad Inam Khan, M. H. Asif & Aamir Razaq

  2. Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics, Shenzhen University, Nanshan, Shenzhen, 518060, Guangdong, China

    Muhammad Faisal Iqbal

  3. Department of Biophysics, Institute for Research and Medical Consultations (IRMC), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, 31441, Saudi Arabia

    Sultan Akhtar

  4. Department of Electrical Engineering, Mirpur University of Science and Technology, Mirpur, 10250, Azad Jammu Kashmir, Pakistan

    S. Hassan M. Jafri

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Bibi, F., Masood, A., Khan, M.I. et al. Natural fibers and reduced graphene oxide-based flexible paper electrode for energy storage applications. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 33, 2222–2233 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-07430-z

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