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Scrutinizing the charge storage mechanism in SrO based composites for asymmetric supercapacitors by diffusion-controlled process

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Optimization of suitable electrode material flashing high electrochemical performance is the main hindrance in energy storage applications. Metal oxide-based electrode materials are promising candidate which greatly promotes the sustainable development. Herein, strontium oxide (SrO) is synthesized from sonochemical method followed by calcination. Incorporating polyaniline (PANI) and graphene (Gr) intensify the materials performance. Three asymmetric devices are designed using SrO, its composites (SrO/PANI and SrO/PANI/Gr) and activated carbon (AC) as an electrode and electrolyte-soaked separators are sandwiched in solidly packed cell assembly. Electrochemical measurements are performed to scrutinize the inherent properties. After that, Dunn’s model is applied to evaluate the capacitive and diffusion-controlled contributions. The obtained result divulges that SrO/PANI/Gr//AC exhibits more diffusive-controlled contribution and reveals a battery type behavior due to the contribution of PANI in redox reactions. Thus, this work delivers a route to synthesize metal oxides-based composites and a systematic approach to analyze the charge storage mechanism in asymmetric supercapacitors.

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This work is supported by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan under the National Research Program for Universities (NRPU) with project Grant no. 5544/KPK/NRPU/R&D/HEC/2016.

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  1. Nanotechnology Research Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi, 23640, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

    Muhammad Zahir Iqbal, Sana Zakar, Muhammad Tayyab & Syed Shabhi Haider

  2. Physics Department, College of Science, Jouf University, Sakaka, P.O. Box 2014, Al-Jouf, Saudi Arabia

    Meshal Alzaid

  3. Department of Electrical and Biological Physics, Kwangwoon University, Seoul, 01897, Republic of Korea

    Amir Muhammad Afzal

  4. Department of Engineering, Simon Faser University, Burnaby, V5A 1S6, Canada

    Sikandar Aftab

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Iqbal, M.Z., Zakar, S., Tayyab, M. et al. Scrutinizing the charge storage mechanism in SrO based composites for asymmetric supercapacitors by diffusion-controlled process. Appl Nanosci 10, 3999–4011 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13204-020-01542-4

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