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Natural Polymers for Green Supercapacitors

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  • Giovanni Emanuele Spina

    (Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, Alma Mater Studiorum Universita’ di Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
    These authors contributed equally.)

  • Federico Poli

    (Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, Alma Mater Studiorum Universita’ di Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
    These authors contributed equally.)

  • Alessandro Brilloni

    (Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, Alma Mater Studiorum Universita’ di Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy)

  • Daniele Marchese

    (Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, Alma Mater Studiorum Universita’ di Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy)

  • Francesca Soavi

    (Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, Alma Mater Studiorum Universita’ di Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy)

Abstract

Water-processable natural polymers represent a valuable alternative for the sustainable manufacturing of electrical double layer capacitors (EDLCs). Here, we demonstrate for the first time the feasibility of the use of pullulan to produce high mass loading electrodes (>10 mg cm −2 ) at low binder content (10%) for ionic-liquid based EDLCs. Pullulan has also been processed as a porous separator by electrospinning. Its ionic resistance and thermal stability have been evaluated in different electrolytes and were found to be superior compared to those of a cellulose triacetate electrospun separator. Pullulan-ionic liquid EDLCs were, thus, assembled and charged up to 3.2 V. The EDLCs delivered specific energy and power of 7.2 Wh kg −1 and 3.7 kW kg −1 and featured good cycling stability over 5000 cycles.

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  • Giovanni Emanuele Spina & Federico Poli & Alessandro Brilloni & Daniele Marchese & Francesca Soavi, 2020. "Natural Polymers for Green Supercapacitors," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(12), pages 1-17, June.
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    1. González, Ander & Goikolea, Eider & Barrena, Jon Andoni & Mysyk, Roman, 2016. "Review on supercapacitors: Technologies and materials," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 58(C), pages 1189-1206.
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    1. Alessandro Brilloni & Francesco Marchesini & Federico Poli & Elisabetta Petri & Francesca Soavi, 2022. "Performance Comparison of LMNO Cathodes Produced with Pullulan or PEDOT:PSS Water-Processable Binders," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(7), pages 1-11, April.

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