title: Transparent, flexible supercapacitors from nano-engineered carbon films.
abstract: Here we construct mechanically flexible and optically transparent thin film solid state supercapacitors by assembling nano-engineered carbon electrodes, prepared in porous templates, with morphology of interconnected arrays of complex shapes and porosity. The highly textured graphitic films act as electrode and current collector and integrated with solid polymer electrolyte, function as thin film supercapacitors. The nanostructured electrode morphology and the conformal electrolyte packaging provide enough energy and power density for the devices in addition to excellent mechanical flexibility and optical transparency, making it a unique design in various power delivery applications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA. jungy@coe.neu.edu
authors.forename: Hyun Young
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Majid B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Karimi
authors.forename: Myung Gwan
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Hahm
authors.forename: Pulickel M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Ajayan
authors.forename: Yung Joon
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Jung