Synthesis and Characterisations of TiO2 Coated Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes/Graphene/Polyaniline Nanocomposite for Supercapacitor Applications
Open Access
- 1 January 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. in Open Journal of Applied Sciences
- Vol. 02 (02), 70-77
- https://doi.org/10.4236/ojapps.2012.22009
Abstract
Nowadays with ever increasing demand of energy, developing of alternative power sources is an important issue all over the world. In this respect we have prepared nanocomposites based on metal oxide (titanium oxide) coated multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)/polyaniline (PANI) with graphene and without graphene and studied their electrochemical performance. The formation of the polymer in the nanocomposites was confirmed by the Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) study. The morphological characterisations were carried out by the Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). To characterize the prepared nanocomposites electrode, a cyclic voltammetry test for measuring specific capacitance, and an impedance test were conducted. The highest value of specific capacitance obtained for the TiO2 coated MWCNTs/PANI nanocomposite was 443.57 F/g at 2 mV/s scan rate. Upon addition of graphene nanosheet to the TiO2 coated MWCNTs in a weight ratio of (9:1) the specific capacitance value increased to 666.3 F/g at the same scan rate, also resulting in an increase in energy density and power density.Keywords
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