Study and Characterization of BaFe12O19-PVDF Materials Prepared by
Co-Precipitation for Supercapacitor Electrodes Applications
Abstract
Supercapacitors are an interesting energy storage technology to be
studied. This research uses mesoporous BaFe12O19 particles and
Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) polymers that have been synthesized as
materials to obtain supercapacitors that have high performance. The
synthesis carried out using the co-precipitation chemical method with a
calcination process at 200oC and has a variation in the composition of
BaFe12O19-PVDF material with a mass ratio of barium chloride: natural
iron sand: PVDF, namely 6:4:0, 4:4:2, 3:4:3, 2:4:4, 0:4:6. Then
characterization was carried out including: morphological properties and
particle size using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and energy
diffraction X-ray (EDX). Furthermore, to determine the structure of the
material using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier-transform infrared
(FT-IR). The electrochemical properties of the material were
investigated using cyclic voltammetry (CV) and galvanostatic
charge/discharge (GCD). The result of the fabricated material is that
the grains have been distributed with the average particle size of each
sample ranging from 180-185 nm. Then has the highest peak in crystals
with miller index (114) and (311). Furthermore, it has the main
functional groups, namely Ba-O and C=C with wave numbers 1640.00 cm-1
and 1632.00 cm-1. And finally has the highest specific capacitance value
of 1.77 F/g with an area of 0.51255 mVA, then the highest energy density
at a value of 8.608 Wh/kg and the highest power density value at a value
of 195.940 W/kg. The optimum composition obtained is 2:4:4 which can be
applied as a candidate electrode for supercapacitors.