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Electrodeposition Polyaniline Nanofiber on the PEDOT:PSS-Coated SiNWs for High Performance Supercapacitors

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In this article, a novel silicon-based electrode was designed with the facile solution methods. With the modification of highly conductive PEDOT:PSS layer on the SiNWs by the spin-coated method (SiNWs-PSS), three-dimensional (3D) porous network polyaniline nanofibers (PANI) film was uniformly electrodeposited on the silicon surface (SiNWs-PSS@PANI). The sheet resistances of the PEDOT:PSS layer with different surfactants as well as the deposition time of the PANI were investigated. After optimization, the fabricated SiNWs-PSS@PANI electrode displayed high capacitance about 301.71 mF cm−2 at the current density of 1 mA cm−2, which enhanced ~ 29 fold comparing to 10.18 mF cm−2 of electrode without the PEDOT:PSS layer between the SiNWs and PANI (SiNWs@PANI), outperforming most values of the reported silicon-based electrodes. The electrode designed in this paper provides a new idea to fabricate high-performance of silicon-based micro-supercapacitors with the simple and low-temperature method.

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This research was supported by the Youth Talent Cultivation Program of Jiangsu University and the Jiangsu Government Scholarship for Overseas Studies (JS-2019-197).

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Zhang, X., Wang, T., Li, S. et al. Electrodeposition Polyaniline Nanofiber on the PEDOT:PSS-Coated SiNWs for High Performance Supercapacitors. J Inorg Organomet Polym 31, 4260–4271 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-021-02036-8

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