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. 2022 Oct 3;9(31):2203856. doi: 10.1002/advs.202203856

Table 9.

Summary of CP‐based supercapacitors or supercapacitor electrodes

1D shaped
Substrate (Reporting year) Device Configuration Device capacitance Energy density Power density Capacitance retention Flexibility Refs.
Cotton yarn (2017) Cotton yarns coated with PPy nanotubes 74.0 mF cm−2 7.5 µWhcm−2 97% after 200 cycles [365]
Carbon fiber thread (2015) carbon fiber thread (CFT) @polyaniline (PANI) as positive and functionalized carbon fiber thread (FCFT) as negative electrode, coated with PVA‐H3PO4 gel electrolyte and twisted together High operating voltage (1.6 V). 2 mWh cm−3 11 W cm−3 Almost unchanged at a strain of 100% [372]
2D shaped
Substrate (Reporting year) Device Configuration Device capacitance Energy density Power density Capacitance retention Flexibility Refs.
Cotton fabric (2013) Poly(pyrrole)‐coated cotton fabrics electrode, prepared in mixed surfactants: cetyltrimethylammoni‐um bromide (CTAB) and sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate (SDBS), with NaCl solution 51.7 mAh g−1 Negligible decay after 100 cycles [373]
Cotton fabric (2013) In situ oxidation polymerization of pyrrole in the presence of lignosulfonate as both template and dopant to prepare PPy/ lignosulfonate (PPy/LGS) coated cotton fabric electrode 304 F g−1 at 0.1 A g−1 [374]
Cotton fabric (2015) PPy nanorods deposited on cotton fabrics via in situ polymerization 325 F g−1 24.7 Wh kg−1 at 0.6 mA cm−2 200 F g−1 after 500 cycles [375]
Cotton fabric (2016) Polypyrrole, PPy coated cotton as working, Pt sheet as counter, Ag/AgCl as reference electrode with 1 m H2SO4 as electrolyte Knitted 4117, woven 2191, and nonwoven fabrics 2905 mF cm−2 5.94 Wh kg−1 259.55 W kg−1 Stable within 5000 cycles [376]
Cotton woven and knit (2019) In situ polymerization coating of PPy on fabric Woven 1748, Knitted 4848 mF cm−2 at 1 mA cm−2 88% after 5000 cycles [367]
Cotton knit fabric (2019) In situ chemical polymerization of Polypyrrole on fabric with PVA‐H2SO4 gel electrolyte Electrode 481 and 1433 mFcm−2 at 5 mV s−1 and 1 mAcm−2 respectively, device 101 and 450 mFcm−2 at 5 mV s−1 and 1 mAcm−2 respectively 0.4  Whm−2 (2.3 W h kg−1 based on total mass of 2 electrodes) 10 W m−2 (57.5 W kg−1) 30% after 500 cycles (gel electrolyte), above 53% at 5000th cycle (aqueous electrolyte) Electrode ≈78%–91% after stretched 1000 times, device capacitance enhanced to 160% at 5 mA cm−2 [366]
Cotton knit fabric (2019) PPy‐coated fabric electrodes via chemical polymerization technique with 1 m sulfuric acid aqueous electrolyte Electrode 5073 mF cm−2 at 1 mA cm−2, device 1167.9 mF cm−2 at 1 mA cm−2 and 904.2 mF  cm−2 at 20 mA cm−2 102.4 µWh cm−2 at 0.39 mW cm−2 90% capacitance after 2000 cycles [368]
Nylon/lycra (80/20) knitted fabric (2012) Synthesis of PPy by chemical polymerization on the fabric with 1.0 m NaCl electrolyte 123.3 F g−1 at a scan rate of 10 mV s−1 6.7 Wh kg−1 753.4 W kg−1 90% after being stretched to 100% for 1000 times [377]
Polyester fabric (2018) Repeated spray‐coating of PEDOT:PSS solutions containing 5 wt.% dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) 75.30 F g−1 at the scan rate of 20 mVs−1 [378]
Polyester knitted fabric (2019) In situ polymerization coating of PPy on fabric 1213 mF cm−2 at 1 mA cm−2 [367]
Polyester fabric (2020) Electrospun poly(3,4‐ethylene dioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT: PSS) nanofibers were deposited onto flexible polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrates to obtain electrodes with PVA/H3PO4 gel polyelectrolyte 1.8 m F cm−2 and 3.6 F g−1 at 5 µA cm−2 0.32 Whkg−1 at 5 µA cm−2 11.8 Wkg−1 92% after 1000 cycles [369]
Polyester fabric (2021) Conductive polyester (PET) fabric electrode is prepared by in situ polymerizations of aniline and pyrrole. Electrode 1046 mF cm−2 at 2 mA cm−2 (aniline to pyrrole is 0.75:0.25), Device 537 mFcm−2, 1.13 F cm−3at 2 mA cm−2 0.043 mWh cm−3 0.005 Wcm−3 54.2% after 1000 cycles. [370]
Cotton/polyester (55/45) fabric (2020) Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO)‐doped PEDOT:PSS‐coated cloth as an active electrode and sweat as an electrolyte Artificial sweat (7.64 F g−1 in terms of weight and 8.45 mF cm−2 in terms of area at the low current density, 0.07 A g−1) and real human sweat (3.88 F g−1) Artificial sweat 1.36 Wh kg−1 (1.63 µWh cm−2). With real human sweat 0.25 Wh kg−1 Artificial sweat 329.70 W kg−1 (0.40 mW cm−2), With real human sweat 30.62 W kg−1 75% after 4000 cycles, 45% after 5000 cycles [149]
Polypropylene (PP) non‐woven textile (2021) Reactive inkjet printing to fabricate PPy layers on textile substrates with direct freezing of inks 72.3 F g−1 at 0.6 A g−1 at −12 °C 6.12 Wh kg−1 139 W kg−1 55.4% after 2000 cycles [254]
Silk woven fabric (2019) In situ polymerization coating of PPy on fabric 1349 mF cm−2 at 1 mA cm−2 [367]
Wool gauze fabric (2019) In situ polymerization coating of PPy on fabric 1007 mF cm−2 at 1 mA cm−2 [367]
Fiberglass cloth (2020) Conductive fiberglass cloth (CFC) derived from gas‐phase polymerization of pyrrole, followed by electrochemical polymerization of a layer of PPy attached to the surface of the conductive fiberglass cloth. SC formed by sandwiching two PPy/CFC composites and a layer of PVA‐H2SO4 gel electrolyte 549.6 mF cm−2 48.85 µWh cm−2 92.4% after 10, 000 cycles 96.08% after 1000 bending cycles [379]
Carbon fabric (2010) PEDOT nanofiber electrode, carbon cloths as the current collectors, and electrospun PAN nanofibrous membranes as the separator with ionic liquid electrolyte 20 Fg−1 90% after 10 000 cycles [380]
CNT fiber woven textiles (2014) Two PANI deposited CNT fiber textile stacked with PVA‐H3PO4 gel electrolyte 272.7 Fg−1 at 1 Ag−1 No decay after 2000 cycles 96.4% after 200 cycles bending at 150° [381]