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Methyl-orange/reduced graphene oxide composite as the electrode material for the solid-state supercapacitor

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Published/Copyright: December 8, 2023
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International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering
From the journal International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering Volume 22 Issue 1

Abstract

Herein, we have introduced the electrode material made up of a composite of an electrochemical active organic molecule (i.e. methyl orange (MO)) and reduced graphene oxide (rGO) composite. This composite is found to be a potential material for supercapacitor application due to the sustainability, redox reversibility of organic molecules, and good conductivity of rGO. For fabricating symmetric solid-state cell (MO/rGO//PVA/H2SO4//MO/rGO), polyvinyl alcohol–sulphuric acid (PVA/H2SO4) aqueous gel polymer electrolyte (GPE) has been sandwiched between the two MO/rGO electrodes. It was found that a MO/rGO based symmetric cell interfaced with a PVA/H2SO4 gel electrolyte has a specific capacitance of 166.79 F g−1 and an energy density of 11.58 Wh kg−1 at a power density of 6.25 kW kg−1. Here, good specific capacitance is the result of a combination of both electric double-layer capacitor (EDLC) and pseudo-capacitive behaviour observed in a fabricated cell. The specific capacitance is stable after 2500 cycles of charge and discharge, with an initial fade of 32 %. This synthesized material and fabricated device found its potential to be used for the supercapacitor application.

Keywords: solid state supercapacitor cell; methyl orange; reduced graphene oxide; gel polymer electrolyte; PVA/H2SO4
Corresponding author: Amarjeet Kaur, Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India, E-mail:

Funding source: Institution of Eminence

Award Identifier / Grant number: IoE/2023-24/12/FRP

Acknowledgment

The authors express their sincere gratitude to the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Delhi. We are thankful to the University Science Instrumentation Centre (USIC), University of Delhi for the characterization facilities.

  1. Research ethics: Not applicable.

  2. Author contributions: Karsimran Singh: Methodology, Visualization, Investigation, Writing - original draft. Amarjeet Kaur: Supervision, Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing - review & editing.

  3. Competing interests: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

  4. Research funding: This work is supported by the Institution of Eminence, University of Delhi [Faculty Research Program Grant – /IoE/2023-24/12/FRP]. One of the authors (Karsimran Singh) is grateful to the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research for the NET-SRF fellowship.

  5. Data availability: Data will be made available on request.

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Received: 2023-04-01
Accepted: 2023-11-04
Published Online: 2023-12-08

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