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doi:10.5937/str2500005G  

Vol. 75,   No.1(2025),   Pages: 34-40

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Carbon Nonwoven Fabric Coated with Graphene/PVB as an Electrode Material for Supercapacitors


Vanja Gujaničić
Danica Bajić
Aleksandar Ćitić
Srđa Perković
Radovan Karkalić
Milica Košević
 

 

A new type of composite supercapacitive material was developed by applying graphene nanoplatelets to non-woven carbon fiber (CNW) reinforced with polyvinyl butyral (PVB). Basic mechanical resistance of the graphene-reinforced material was examined through the tensile test. The capacitive properties of the resulting CNW/PVB/graphene composite were investigated by cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy techniques in three electrode system, with performance compared to those of neat carbon non-woven and PVB-reinforced carbon non-woven fabrics. The specific capacitances of carbon mat, carbon mat/PVB and carbon mat/PVB/graphene, obtained from CV response registered at 50 mVs-1, were 1.30 x 10-4, 3.00 x 10-4 and 3.33 x 10-4 F cm-2, respectively. Beyond capacitance magnitude, the graphene-modified composite also exhibited a more ideal rectangular CV shape with suppressed faradaic activity and presented a steeper low-frequency slope in Nyquist plots, indicative of improved ion diffusion kinetics and overall rate capability. These findings position the developed graphene/PVB/CNW composite as a promising, flexible electrode material for supercapacitor applications.


Key words: graphene nanoplatelets, carbon fiber non-woven, supercapacitors, flexible current collector, electrochemical analysis, double-layer capacitance.

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