Flexible Composite Hydrogels Based on Polybenzoxazine for Supercapacitor Applications
- Authors
- Asrafali, Shakila Parveen; Periyasamy, Thirukumaran; Bari, Gazi A. K. M. Rafiqul; Kim, Seong-Cheol
- Issue Date
- Mar-2024
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Keywords
- polybenzoxazine; PVA; composite films; flexible electrolyte; supercapacitor; hydrogels
- Citation
- Gels, v.10, no.3
- Journal Title
- Gels
- Volume
- 10
- Number
- 3
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/90886
- DOI
- 10.3390/gels10030197
- ISSN
- 2310-2861
2310-2861
- Abstract
- Polybenzoxazines (Pbzs) are advanced forms of phenolic resins that possess many attractive properties, including thermal-induced self-curing polymerization, void-free polymeric products and absence of by-product formation. They also possess high Tg (glass transition temperature) and thermal stability. But the produced materials are brittle in nature. In this paper, we present our attempt to decrease the brittleness of Pbz by blending it with polyvinylalcohol (PVA). Benzoxazine monomer (Eu-Ed-Bzo) was synthesized by following a simple Mannich condensation reaction. The formation of a benzoxazine ring was confirmed by FT-IR and NMR spectroscopic analyses. The synthesized benzoxazine monomer was blended with PVA in order to produce composite films, PVA/Pbz, by varying the amount of benzoxazine monomer (1, 3 and 5 wt. % of PVA). The property of the composite films was studied using various characterization techniques, including DSC, TGA, water contact angle analysis (WCA) and SEM. WCA analysis proved that the hydrophobic nature of Pbz (value) was transformed to hydrophilic (WCA of PVA/Pbz5 is 35.5°). These composite films could play the same role as flexible electrolytes in supercapacitor applications. For this purpose, the composite films were immersed in a 1 M KOH solution for 12 h in order to analyze their swelling properties. Moreover, by using this swelled gel, a symmetric supercapacitor, AC//PVA/Pbz5//AC, was constructed, exhibiting a specific capacitance of 170 F g−1.
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