Issue 29, 2013
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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

A coaxial single fibre supercapacitor for energy storage†

David Harrison,*a   Fulian Qiu,*a   John Fyson,a   Yanmeng Xu,a   Peter Evansa  and  Darren Southeeb  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Engineering and Design, Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK
E-mail: david.harrison@brunel.ac.uk, fulian.qiu@brunel.ac.uk
Fax: +44 (0)1895 274000
Tel: +44 (0)1895 266321

b Loughborough Design School, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK

Abstract

An energy storage device – a coaxial single fibre supercapacitor – was developed using a dip coating method and characterised using electrochemical methods. The specific capacitance per unit area and length were calculated to be 3.18 mF cm−2 and 0.1 mF cm−1, respectively, for a 2.6 cm supercapacitor. A 70 cm long fibre supercapacitor was then woven into a piece of fabric. Following characterisation using cyclic voltammetry, we found that this device had the same capacitance as its original value before integration into the fabric.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CP52036F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
14 May 2013
Accepted
31 May 2013
First published
31 May 2013

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2013,15, 12215-12219

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D. Harrison, F. Qiu, J. Fyson, Y. Xu, P. Evans and D. Southee, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2013, 15, 12215 DOI: 10.1039/C3CP52036F

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