Innovation in Materials and Molecular Engineering. IMEM

ENERGY APPLICATIONS

Organic based materials for supercapacitors. In recent years, most of our research has aimed at developing lightweight and environmentally friendly supercapacitors by combining conducting polymers and biopolymeric hydrogels, which have been used to fabricate flexible and compressible electrodes and/or solid (or semi-solid) electrolytic media.

                         

 
                                                                                             

Flexible and compressible electrode fabricated from biohydrogel (γ-PGA) and conducting polymers (PEDOT and PHMeDOT). Optical images of the device used to power the LED bulb. Ref. J. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122, 2, 1078–1090. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b10738.

                                                                                       

 

Contact: Prof. Carlos Alemán