Tragacanth Gum as Green Binder for Sustainable Water-Processable Electrochemical Capacitor.

ABSTRACT: Enabling green fabrication processes for energy storage devices is becoming a key aspect in order to achieve a sustainable fabrication cycle. Here, the focus was on the exploitation of the tragacanth gum, an exudated gum like arabic and karaya gums, as green binder for the preparation of carbon-based materials for electrochemical capacitors. The electrochemical performance of tragacanth (TRGC)-based electrodes was thoroughly investigated and compared with another water-soluble binder largely used in this field, sodium-carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC). Apart from the higher sustainability both in production and processing, TRGC exhibited a lower impact on the obstruction of pores in the final active material film with respect to CMC, allowing for more available surface area. This directly impa

SUBMITTER: Scalia A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7839686 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature