Electrochemical impedance analysis of a PEDOT: PSS-based textile energy storage device

Ida Nuramdhani*, Argun Talat Gokceoren, Sheilla Atieno Odhiambo, Gilbert D. De Mey, Carla Hertleer, Lieva Van Langenhove

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Abstract

A textile-based energy storage device with electroactive PEDOT:PSS (poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)/poly(4-styrenesulfonate)) polymer functioning as a solid-state polyelectrolyte has been developed. The device was fabricated on textile fabric with two plies of stainless-steel electroconductive yarn as the electrodes. In this study, cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance analysis were used to investigate ionic and electronic activities in the bulk of PEDOT:PSS and at its interfaces with stainless steel yarn electrodes. The complex behavior of ionic and electronic origins was observed in the interfacial region between the conductive polymer and the electrodes. The migration and diffusion of the ions involved were confirmed by the presence of theWarburg element with a phase shift of 45° (n = 0.5). Two different equivalent circuit models were found by simulating the model with the experimental results: (QR)(QR)(QR) for uncharged and (QR)(QR)(Q(RW)) for charged samples. The analyses also showed that the further the distance between electrodes, the lower the capacitance of the cell. The distribution of polymer on the cell surface also played important role to change the capacitance of the device. The results of this work may lead to a better understanding of the mechanism and how to improve the performance of the device.

Original languageEnglish
Article number48
JournalMaterials
Volume11
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28 Dec 2017

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Acknowledgments: Ida Nuramdhani, on her leave from Polytechnic STTT (School of Textile Technology), Bandung, Indonesia, would like to thank the research council of the Ghent University for the BOF (Bijzonder Onderzoekfonds–Sepecial Research Fund) for her stay in Gent during her PhD study, and would like to thank Argun Gokceoren for sharing his knowledge on EIS during his stay as a visiting researcher with Karen De Clerck. Argun Gokceoren would like to thank Karen De Clerck, A. Sezai Sarac and the Council of Higher Education-Post-Doctoral Fund (YOK-Doktora Sonrasi Arastirma Bursu) for his stay in Ghent University as a visiting researcher. Sheilla Odhiambo would like to thank the VLIR (Flemish Interuniversity Council) for the financial support for her stay in Ghent University during her PhD study.

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Vlaamse Interuniversitaire Raad

    Keywords

    • Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
    • Energy storage
    • PEDOT:PSS
    • Textile device

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