Graphene–Graphite Polyurethane Composite Based Wristband Supercapacitor for Wearable Electronics

Manjakkal, Libu; Dahiya, Ravinder

Abstract

Wearable and flexible electronics research has recently boomed for applications such as health monitoring and smart portable electronic devices. Considering the advances in flexible and wearable electronics, a suitable energy autonomy has become a critical issue for powering these devices. This paper presents the electrochemical and supercapacitive characterization and performance of a wristband architecture supercapacitor fabricated using graphite -polyurethane epoxy as an active electrode. The fabricated supercapacitor exhibits an aerial capacitance of 5.38 mF/cm 2 . The corresponding energy and power density of the device is 3.7μWh cm -2 and 1.15 mW cm -2 respectively. The obtained performances of supercapacitor demonstrate that it could be potentially used as efficient energy source for any wearable health monitoring sensor device.

Citation

Manjakkal, L., & Dahiya, R. (2021). Graphene–Graphite Polyurethane Composite Based Wristband Supercapacitor for Wearable Electronics. In 2021 IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS). https://doi.org/10.1109/fleps51544.2021.9469823

• Conference Name: 2021 IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS)
• Conference Location: Manchester, United Kingdom
• Start Date: Jun 20, 2021
• End Date: Jun 23, 2021
• Online Publication Date: Jul 5, 2021
• Publication Date: 2021
• Deposit Date: Jul 28, 2022
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Book Title: 2021 IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS)
• ISBN: 978-1-7281-9173-7
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/fleps51544.2021.9469823
• Keywords: Supercapacitor, wearable electronics, graphite, nanocomposite
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2893009