Issue 16, 2021

A novel 3D porous electrode of polyaniline and PEDOT:PSS coated SiNWs for low-cost and high-performance supercapacitors

Abstract

In this study, a novel 3D porous Si-based supercapacitor electrode was developed using a simple solution method, which involved first the in situ polymerization of polyaniline particles (PANI) on Si nanowire arrays (SiNWs), followed by the further electrodeposition of a polyaniline nanofiber (PANF) film. Highly doped PEDOT:PSS layers were introduced before and after PANF deposition, serving as the built-in 3D current collector of the electrode. To improve the capacity of the electrode, the PANF film was incorporated with graphene and the PEDOT:PSS layer was doped with chloroplatinic acid (H2PtCl6). Due to the smart design, SiNWs only acted as a scaffold, thus the electrodes could be fabricated on any Si-based wafer commonly used in micro-electronic devices regardless of its purity, conductivity and surface passivation. Here, the Si-based supercapacitor electrode was first fabricated on a solar-grade (SG) Si wafer, which exhibited a high areal capacitance of 718.85 mF cm−2 at 1 mA cm−2. Additionally, an aqueous asymmetric supercapacitor was assembled by using the resultant polymer-coated SiNWs on the SG wafer as the positive electrode, and the activated carbon (AC) as the negative electrode, which exhibited an energy density of 0.194 mW h cm−2 at a power density of 0.85 mW cm−2. Both of them outperform the reported values of most of the electronic-grade (EG) Si-based electrodes and supercapacitors. This work not only paves a promising way for the design of a 3D electrode, but also opens up a new opportunity to develop low-cost and high-performance Si-based supercapacitors.

Graphical abstract: A novel 3D porous electrode of polyaniline and PEDOT:PSS coated SiNWs for low-cost and high-performance supercapacitors

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Research Article
Submitted
25 May 2021
Accepted
11 Jun 2021
First published
15 Jun 2021

Mater. Chem. Front., 2021,5, 6114-6124

A novel 3D porous electrode of polyaniline and PEDOT:PSS coated SiNWs for low-cost and high-performance supercapacitors

X. Shen, X. Zhang, T. Wang, S. Li and Z. Li, Mater. Chem. Front., 2021, 5, 6114 DOI: 10.1039/D1QM00774B

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