Integrated free-standing WS₂ 3D-printed carbon supercapacitor with solid state electrolyte

Integrated free-standing WS₂ 3D-printed carbon supercapacitor with solid state electrolyte

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There is a huge need for energy storage devices due to the depletion of natural gas and the increasing requirement for portable electronic gadgets. Fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D-printing has drawn tremendous interest for the fabrication of batteries and supercapacitors (SCs) due to its tabletop manufacturing technique, bespoke design, fast prototyping and user-friendly process. However, there are fewer available conductive filaments for FDM printing that are ideal from an energy storage standpoint. 2D transition metal dichalcogenide WS2 has been discovered to be a favourable material for electrochemical energy storage. As a result, in this work, we modified a carbon electrode that was 3D-printed by incorporating WS2 in order to enhance the capacitive performance of the SC electrode. The WS2-coated 3D-printed carbon electrode (WS2/3D-PCE) exhibits 2.8 times higher specific capacitance than the 3D-printed carbon electrode at 50 mV s(-1). A solid-state symmetric supercapacitor (SS-SC) was fabricated with WS2/3D-PCE and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/Li2SO4 as gel electrolytes. Such modified 3D-PCE opens up the opportunities to design any custom-shaped electrode with tailored properties and pave a route for future research that will lead to more electrochemical devices for portable electronics.

There is a huge need for energy storage devices due to the depletion of natural gas and the increasing requirement for portable electronic gadgets. Fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D-printing has drawn tremendous interest for the fabrication of batteries and supercapacitors (SCs) due to its tabletop manufacturing technique, bespoke design, fast prototyping and user-friendly process. However, there are fewer available conductive filaments for FDM printing that are ideal from an energy storage standpoint. 2D transition metal dichalcogenide WS2 has been discovered to be a favourable material for electrochemical energy storage. As a result, in this work, we modified a carbon electrode that was 3D-printed by incorporating WS2 in order to enhance the capacitive performance of the SC electrode. The WS2-coated 3D-printed carbon electrode (WS2/3D-PCE) exhibits 2.8 times higher specific capacitance than the 3D-printed carbon electrode at 50 mV s(-1). A solid-state symmetric supercapacitor (SS-SC) was fabricated with WS2/3D-PCE and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/Li2SO4 as gel electrolytes. Such modified 3D-PCE opens up the opportunities to design any custom-shaped electrode with tailored properties and pave a route for future research that will lead to more electrochemical devices for portable electronics.

2D materials; transition metal dichalcogenides; additive manufacturing; energy storage

2D materials; transition metal dichalcogenides; additive manufacturing; energy storage

MAPPOLI, S.; GHOSH, K.; PUMERA, M.

2025

31.12.2024

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

ABINGDON

1745-2767

Virtual and Physical Prototyping

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17452759.2024.2326897

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/251579

Integrated free-standing WS2 3D-printed carbon supercapacitor with solid state electrolyte