Electrospun nanocomposite membranes incorporated with PVdF/PVP and carbon blacks for supercapacitor applications

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2014-04-25
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Jabbarnia, Amir
Ghazinezami, Ali
Saeednia, Leyla
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Asmatulu, Ramazan
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Jabbarnia, Amir, Ali Ghazinezami, and Leyla Saeednia. 2014. Electrospun Nanocomposite Membranes Incorporated With PVdF/PVP and Carbon Blacks for Supercapacitor Applications. -- In Proceedings: 10th Annual Symposium on Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects. Wichita, Ks: Wichita State University, p. 97

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Supercapacitors are new generation of energy storage devices using high surface area conductive or semiconductive materials. The supercapacitors show a better performance compared to the other chemical storage devices because of the high power densities and long cyclic life. Metal oxides, carbon fibers, carbon nanotubes, aerogel and graphene nanoflakes are some of the examples which have high surface area, storage capacitance and electrical conductivity. This study is mainly focused on the effects of carbon black inclusions on the physical properties of the polymeric membranes (or separators). Carbon black nanoparticles were incorporated with polyvinyl fluoride (PVdF) / polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) at different concentrations, and then electrospun at various conditions, such as distance, electrical potential, and pump speed. SEM images proved the well-textured polymeric membranes at nanoscale. Surface hydrophobicity properties of the membranes were investigated. FTIR results showed the atomic bonding of nanofibers in the presence of nanoscale inclusions.

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Presented to the 10th Annual Symposium on Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects (GRASP) held at the Heskett Center, Wichita State University, April 25, 2014.
Research completed at Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
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