title: Bendable solid-state supercapacitors with Au nanoparticle-embedded graphene hydrogel films.
abstract: In this study, we fabricate bendable solid-state supercapacitors with Au nanoparticle (NP)-embedded graphene hydrogel (GH) electrodes and investigate the influence of the Au NP embedment on the internal resistance and capacitive performance. Embedding the Au NPs into the GH electrodes results in a decrease of the internal resistance from 35 to 21 Ω, and a threefold reduction of the IR drop at a current density of 5 A/g when compared with GH electrodes without Au NPs. The Au NP-embedded GH supercapacitors (NP-GH SCs) exhibit excellent capacitive performances, with large specific capacitance (135 F/g) and high energy density (15.2 W·h/kg). Moreover, the NP-GH SCs exhibit comparable areal capacitance (168 mF/cm2) and operate under tensile/compressive bending.
authors.affiliation: Korea University, Department of Electrical Engineering, Seoul 02841, Korea.
authors.forename: Kyungwhan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Korea University, Department of Electrical Engineering, Seoul 02841, Korea.
authors.forename: Kyoungah
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: Korea University, School of Biomedical Engineering, Seoul 02841, Korea.
authors.forename: Dae Sung
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.affiliation: Korea University, Department of Electrical Engineering, Seoul 02841, Korea.
authors.forename: Sangsig
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kim