Suppression of Self-Discharge in Aqueous Supercapacitor Devices Incorporating Highly Polar Nanofiber Separators  

作　　者：Wesley G.Buxton Simon G.King Vlad Stolojan 

机构地区：[1]Advanced Technology Institute,University of Surrey,Guildford Surrey,GU27XH,UK

出　　处：《Energy & Environmental Materials》2023年第3期74-86,共13页能源与环境材料（英文）

基　　金：the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council(EPSRC)for funding this work under the Doctoral Training Partnership(DTP)award(EP/N509772/1).

摘　　要：One of the major problems limiting the applications of electric double-layer(EDLC)supercapacitor devices is their inability to maintain their cell voltage over a significant period.Self-discharge is a spontaneous decay in charged energy,often resulting in fully depleted devices in a matter of hours.Here,a new method for suppressing this self-discharge phenomenon is proposed by using directionally polarized piezoelectric electrospun nanofiber films as separator materials.Tailored engineering of polyvinylidene fluoride(PVDF)nanofiber films containing a small concentration of sodium dodecyl sulfate(SDS)results in a high proportion of polarβphases,reaching 380.5%of the total material.Inducing polarity into the separator material provides a reverse-diode mechanism in the device,such that it drops from an initial voltage of 1.6 down to 1 V after 10 h,as opposed to 0.3 V with a nonpolarized,commercial separator material.Thus,the energy retained for the polarized separator is 37%and 4%for the nonpolarized separator,making supercapacitors a more attractive solution for long-term energy storage.

关 键 词：piezoelectric polar nanofibers PVDF separators SELF-DISCHARGE SUPERCAPACITORS 

分 类 号：TQ342.8[化学工程—化纤工业] TM53[电气工程—电器]