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Chemistry and Industry of Forest Products ›› 2020, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (4): 17-23.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-2417.2020.04.003

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Preparation of Ionic Liquid-based Gel Electrolytes and Application in Supercapacitors

Jingya NAN1,Gaitong ZHANG1,Lijun WANG1,Hongsheng WANG1,Fuxiang CHU1,2,Chunpeng WANG1,2,*()   

  1. 1. Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, CAF; National Engineering Lab. for Biomass Chemical Utilization; Key Lab. of Chemical Engineering of Forest Products, National Forestry and Grassland Administration; Key Lab. of Biomass Energy and Material, Jiangsu Province; Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, Nanjing 210042, China
    2. Research Institute of Forestry New Technology, CAF, Beijing 100091, China
  • Received:2020-02-03 Online:2020-08-28 Published:2020-08-21
  • Contact: Chunpeng WANG E-mail:wangcpg@163.com

Abstract:

Soybean protein isolates (SPI) were integrated with polyacrylamide (PAAm) to form an ionic liquid-containing gel polymer as a new quasi-solid-state electrolyte, which could be used in supercapacitor. And the electrochemical performance and compressibility of supercapacitor were studied. The synergistic effect of SPI and PAAm endowed the gel electrolyte with excellent compressive resilience and fatigue resistance. Particularly, the gel electrolyte could maintain structural integrity even under 80% strain for 100 compression cycles, the plastic deformation was less than 15% and the energy loss coefficient was more than 0.1. The symmetric quasi-solid-state supercapacitor based on this gel electrolyte exhibited satisfied electrochemical performance, delivering the maximum energy density of 25.99 W·h/kg and the maximal power density of 3 600 W/kg. And the device could withstand 80% compression strain without structural fracture or damage, showing excellent compressibility and capacitive stability.

Key words: ionic liquid, gel electrolyte, compressive resilience, supercapacitor, capacitive stability

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