Multifunctional composites for energy storage

Mohammad Arif Ishtiaque Shuvo; Hasanul Karim; Md Rajib; Diego Delfin; Yirong Lin

doi:10.1117/12.2045231

9 March 2014 Multifunctional composites for energy storage

Mohammad Arif Ishtiaque Shuvo, Hasanul Karim, Md Rajib, Diego Delfin, Yirong Lin

Proceedings Volume 9058, Behavior and Mechanics of Multifunctional Materials and Composites 2014; 905808 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2045231
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2014, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Electrochemical super-capacitors have become one of the most important topics in both academia and industry as novel energy storage devices because of their high power density, long life cycles, and high charge/discharge efficiency. Recently, there has been an increasing interest in the development of multifunctional structural energy storage devices such as structural super-capacitors for applications in aerospace, automobiles and portable electronics. These multifunctional structural super-capacitors provide lighter structures combining energy storage and load bearing functionalities. Due to their superior materials properties, carbon fiber composites have been widely used in structural applications for aerospace and automotive industries. Besides, carbon fiber has good electrical conductivity which will provide lower equivalent series resistance; therefore, it can be an excellent candidate for structural energy storage applications. Hence, this paper is focused on performing a pilot study for using nanowire/carbon fiber hybrids as building materials for structural energy storage materials; aiming at enhancing the charge/discharge rate and energy density. This hybrid material combines the high specific surface area of carbon fiber and pseudo-capacitive effect of metal oxide nanowires which were grown hydrothermally in an aligned fashion on carbon fibers. The aligned nanowire array could provide a higher specific surface area that leads to high electrode-electrolyte contact area and fast ion diffusion rates. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and XRay Diffraction (XRD) measurements were used for the initial characterization of this nanowire/carbon fiber hybrid material system. Electrochemical testing has been performed using a potentio-galvanostat. The results show that gold sputtered nanowire hybrid carbon fiber provides 65.9% better performance than bare carbon fiber cloth as super-capacitor.

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Mohammad Arif Ishtiaque Shuvo, Hasanul Karim, Md Rajib, Diego Delfin, and Yirong Lin "Multifunctional composites for energy storage", Proc. SPIE 9058, Behavior and Mechanics of Multifunctional Materials and Composites 2014, 905808 (9 March 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2045231

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