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Simple and Cost-Effective Synthesis of Activated Carbon Anchored by Functionalized Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes for High-Performance Supercapacitor Electrodes with High Energy Density and Power Density

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We prepared a composite using activated carbon and functionalised multiwalled carbon nanotubes by a simple and cost-effective process and investigated its use for supercapacitor application. The electrochemical performance of the prepared composite has been investigated by galvanostatic charge-discharge (GCD) and cyclic voltammetry (CV) measurements in a three-electrode set-up. The composite resulted in maximum specific capacitance of 395 F/g at 5 mV/s as measured by CV, and of 372 F/g at 60 A/g by GCD measurement in 3M KOH aqueous electrolyte. High power and energy density of 75.27 kW/kg and 25.31 W·h/kg at 60 A/g have been respectively obtained for composite using GCD measurement. The long-term charge-discharge stability has been performed for the composite electrodes, and it is observed that 89% of capacitance is retained even after 5000 cycles. The achieved results suggest that the prepared activated carbon/multiwalled carbon nanotube composite can be a potential electrode material in high-performance supercapacitors for energy storage applications.

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We gratefully acknowledge the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India, for financial support, and also thanks to IIT Bhubaneswar for providing the facility to perform CV and GCD measurements.

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    Manoranjan Mandal, Subhasri Subudhi, Injamul Alam, BVRS Subramanyam, Santosini Patra, Sonali Das, Apurba Mahapatra & Pitamber Mahanandia

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Mandal, M., Subudhi, S., Alam, I. et al. Simple and Cost-Effective Synthesis of Activated Carbon Anchored by Functionalized Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes for High-Performance Supercapacitor Electrodes with High Energy Density and Power Density. J. Electron. Mater. 50, 2879–2889 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-021-08796-w

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