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Multiwalled carbon nanotube/polyaniline supercapacitors: impact of bentonite clay liquid crystals.

Kavya Naik, Abhishek Prakash, Sowmya R Holla, Shounak De

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Article in Discover nano, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Kavya NaikDepartment of Chemistry, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, 576104, India.
Abhishek PrakashDepartment of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, 576104, India.
Sowmya R HollaDepartment of Chemistry, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, 576104, India. sowmya.achar@manipal.edu.
Shounak DeDepartment of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, 576104, India.

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Abstract

Electrochemically co-deposited and template directed composite electrode-based supercapacitors were compared in this study. The materials used for composite electrode were multiwalled carbon nanotubes and polyaniline (MWNT/PA). The lyotropic liquid crystalline properties of bentonite clay were used to enhance the performance of the supercapacitors. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were used to characterize the structural properties of electrodes. The techniques employed for electrochemical characterization of supercapacitors included cyclic voltammetry (CV), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), and galvanostatic charge/discharge (GCD) cycling. In the presence of bentonite clay liquid crystal, electrochemically co-deposited composite electrode supercapacitors produced the highest capacitance of 730 F/g, while template directed composite electrode supercapacitors produced the highest capacitance of 690 F/g. Galvanostatic charge-discharge cycling studies were performed for all the fabricated supercapacitors, and the EDWC electrode exhibited long cycling stability with a capacitance retention of 86% after 5000 cycles at 3 mA/cm

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Bentonite clayLiquid crystalMultiwalled carbon nanotubePolyanilineSupercapacitor

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PMID41758418
PMCPMC12949206

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