Our invention is about synthesis, fabrication,
assembly, packaging, testing of asymmetric flexible supercapacitors utilizing
bacterial cellulose, conducting
polymer,
activated carbon,
aqueous electrolyte, having state-of-art pseudocapacitive properties; namely, high-power,
high energy and high cycle life. The high capacitive performance of these types of supercapacitors is controlled by the chemical, physical, and electrical properties of the materials used for synthesis and fabrication methods for device
assembly and packaging as described here-in.
Bacterial cellulose is exposed as a
high surface area, fibrous nanomaterial used as a source of carbon
fiber for the fabrication of high-performance
supercapacitor electrodes. The use of pyrolyzed
bacterial cellulose, conducting
polymer materials, aqueous electrolytes, non-toxic binders such as
carboxy methyl cellulose dispersed in water, device fabrication, and packaging techniques produces
batch production of flexible supercapacitors with high performance characteristics.