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Characterizing sodium-conducting biopolymer blend electrolytes with glycerol plasticizer for EDLC application
In this research, a new system for electrical double-layer capacitors (EDLCs) is introduced that employs biopolymer blend electrolytes incorporating glycerol as a plasticizer. To prepare the films, the solutio...
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Development and Investigation of Electrochemical and Dielectric Properties of Eco-Friendly Lithium-Ion Conductor Biopolymer Electrolyte for Energy Storage Application
This study investigates Li+ ion-conducting biopolymer blend electrolytes-based on chitosan (CS) and potato starch (PS) with glycerol plasticization. The advanced techniques including FTIR, impedance, TNM, LSV, an...
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Open AccessElectrochemical properties of a novel EDLC derived from plasticized biopolymer based electrolytes with valuable energy density close to NiMH batteries
This study introduces a novel system of solid electrolytes for electrical double-layer capacitors (EDLCs) utilizing biopolymer electrolytes with high energy density comparable to NiMH batteries. To prepare the...
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Plasticized green electrolyte and table salt for energy storage applications
The main purpose of this research is to construct an energy storage device using green solid polymer electrolyte and nontoxic salt, due to the rising number of microplastics in the ocean that can affect our he...
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Biodegradable polymer membrane K+ ion conductor for electrochemical device application
Solid polymer electrolyte (SPE) can prevent electrolyte leakage in double layer electrochemical capacitors (EDLCs). However, the limited ionic conductivity of SPE limits its practical applicability. The fabric...
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Electrochemical characteristics of solid state double-layer capacitor constructed from proton conducting chitosan-based polymer blend electrolytes
This research is about the preparation of polymer blend electrolytes based on chitosan using solution cast technique. Field emission scanning electron microscopy and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT...
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Electrochemical performance of polymer blend electrolytes based on chitosan: dextran: impedance, dielectric properties, and energy storage study
A facile and efficient methodology was implemented in preparation of plasticized polymer electrolyte with polymer blend of chitosan and dextran from leuconostocmesenteroides impregnated with magnesium acetate ...
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Open AccessTea from the drinking to the synthesis of metal complexes and fabrication of PVA based polymer composites with controlled optical band gap
In the present study black tea extract (BTE) solution which is familiar for drinking was used to prepare cerium metal-complexes (Ce(III)-complex). The prepared Ce(III)-complex was characterized by Fourier tran...
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Study of impedance and solid-state double-layer capacitor behavior of proton (H+)-conducting polymer blend electrolyte-based CS:PS polymers
A series of proton-conducting polymer blend electrolytes (PBEs) were prepared using solution casting techniques. Chitosan (CS) and starch of potato (PS) were blended and doped with various amounts of ammonium ...
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Protonic EDLC cell based on chitosan (CS): methylcellulose (MC) solid polymer blend electrolytes
In this work, preparation and application of solid polymer blend electrolytes (SPBEs) based on chitosan: methylcellulose (CS:MC) incorporated with various amounts of ammonium iodide (NH4I) salt are described. Sol...
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Structural and optical properties of thermally annealed TiO2–SiO2 binary thin films synthesized by sol–gel method
Thermal annealing effects on structural and optical properties of TiO2–SiO2 binary thin films deposited on glass substrate were studied. X-ray diffraction was used to investigate the crystal structure of as-depos...
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Optical properties of pure and doped PVA:PEO based solid polymer blend electrolytes: two methods for band gap study
In this work an innovative experimental method has been proposed to estimate the optical bandgap and determine the types of electronic transitions. Solid polymer blend electrolyte films based on PVA:PEO have b...
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The study of structural and optical properties of PVA:PbO2 based solid polymer nanocomposites
In this work the structural and optical properties of PVA:PbO2 based solid polymer nanocomposites was investigated. The XRD results indicated the existence of both α and β phases of PbO2 distributed along the PVA...
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In situ synthesis of CuS nanoparticle with a distinguishable SPR peak in NIR region
In this article we report the synthesis of CuS nanoparticle with distinguishable surface plasmonic resonance (SPR) peaks in near infrared region. For this purpose in situ synthesis (one-step fabrication) has ...