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    Improved electrochemical performance of graphene oxide supported vanadomanganate (IV) nanohybrid electrode material for supercapacitors
    (Elsevier Ltd, 2020) Kumari, S.; Maity, S.; Anandan Vannathan, A.A.; Shee, D.; Das, P.P.; Mal, S.S.
    Graphene oxide (GO)-supported polyoxometalates (POMs) have been considered as promising electrode materials for energy storage applications due to their ability to undergo fast and reversible redox reactions. Herein, vanadomanganate-GO composites (K7MnIVV13O38.18H2O-GO with 2:1 and 4:1 ratio) were investigated for use as potential electrode materials in supercapacitors (SCs). The K7MnIVV13O38.18H2O (MnV13) was synthesized and anchored on GO through electron transfer interaction and electrostatic interaction to make the composite electrodes for the present study. All synthesized electrode materials were fully characterized by various techniques, e.g., Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy, Powder X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy/Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (SEM/EDS) and High Resolution-Transmission Electron Microscopy (HR-TEM). The electrochemical properties of MnV13/GO composites with different MnV13/GO ratios were investigated by two-electrode cyclic voltammetry (CV) and galvanostatic charge/discharge (GCD) in different electrolytes. The MnV13/GO composite of ratio 2:1 in 1 M LiCl electrolyte and that of ratio 4:1 in 1 M Na2SO4 electrolyte showed significant specific capacitance values of 269.15 F/g and 387.02 F/g, respectively and energy density of 37.38 Wh/kg and 53.75 Wh/kg, respectively for a scan rate of 5 mV/s. Interestingly, the 1:1 (MnV13/GO) composite in 1 M Na2SO4 and 1 M LiCl electrolytes showed very low specific capacitance values as the deposition of MnV13 on GO was not sufficient, as indicated by FTIR and SEM. Thus, it is evident that the specific capacitance value of these composite materials depends on the amount of MnV13 deposited on GO and these composite materials exhibit the potential to improve the performance of GO-based SCs. © 2019
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    Organic cation linkers polyoxomolybdate-polypyrrole nanocomposite-based supercapacitors
    (Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021) Muhammed Anees, P.K.; Anandan Vannathan, A.; Kella, T.; Shee, D.; Mal, S.
    A few new hybrid electrode materials have been synthesized and immobilized for the next-generation energy storage device. The hybrid electrodes PVMo11-TBA, PVMo11-BTA, PVMo11-TBP, PVMo11-TBA-PPy, PVMo11-BTA-PPy, and PVMo11-TBP-PPy were well characterized by NMR, XRD, FTIR, FESEM, BET, and tested for electrochemical performance. Among these hybrid electrode materials, the PVMo11-TBA-PPy electrode shows a high specific capacitance of 144.37 F/g at a 1A/g current density and incredible power and energy density of 1100.16 W/kg and 15.28 Wh/kg, respectively. The high electrode’s capacitance was due to the synergistic effect between the PPy and TBA-PVMo11 and high ionic diffusion compared with other synthesized electrodes. It also exhibited high cycle stability of 72.78% after 4500 cycles at 1 M H2SO4 electrolyte. The EIS offers a lower ESR value of 0.72 ohms for the PVMo11-TBA-PPy than PVMo11-TBA, indicating the rapid charge/discharge rate. On the other hand, the PVMo11-BTA-PPy and PVMo11-TBP-PPy electrodes showed lower capacitance values of 26.98 and 19.53. F/g at 0.4 and 1 A/g current density, respectively. Lowering the capacitance could be the prevention of the interaction of organic cations with the counter polyanion. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
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    Electrochemical performance of activated carbon-supported vanadomolybdates electrodes for energy conversion
    (Elsevier Ltd, 2021) Maity, S.; Anandan Vannathan, A.; Kella, T.; Shee, D.; Das, P.P.; Mal, S.
    Reinforcing polyoxomolybdates (POMs) into the activated carbon (AC) template engenders a nanohybrid electrode material for high-performance supercapacitor applications. Herein, a first-time novel integration of two polyoxometalates ([PVMo11O40]4-, [PV2Mo10O40]5-) with AC has been demonstrated, and their structural and electrochemical performances were analyzed. AC-VMo11 composite displayed an enhanced capacitance of 450 Fg-1 with an improved energy density of 59.7 Whkg-1. Furthermore, the symmetric supercapacitor cell for AC-VMo11 and AC-V2Mo10 showed high cell capacitances of 38.8 and 20.01 mF, respectively, alongside 99.99% capacitance retention of over 5000 cycles. In addition, the influence of ionic liquid as an electrolyte on AC-V2Mo10 based supercapacitor cell was investigated in tetrabutylammonium bromide (TBAB) electrolyte solution. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd and Techna Group S.r.l.
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    Polyoxovanadate-Activated Carbon-Based Hybrid Materials for High-Performance Electrochemical Capacitors
    (Institute of Physics, 2022) Anandan Vannathan, A.; Chandewar, P.R.; Shee, D.; Mal, S.S.
    Two different polyoxovanadates derivatives, K5MnIVV11O32.10 H2O (MnV11) and K7MnIVV13O38.18 H2O (MnV13), have been studied to evaluate their electrochemical performance. These polyoxovanadates were deposited on activated carbon (AC) to prepare AC-MnV11 and AC-MnV13 composites. The electrochemical performance of the AC-MnV11 electrode exhibits the remarkable specific capacitance of 479.73 F g-1 at a current density of 0.6 A g-1, along with incredible specific power and energy of 960 W kg-1. Likewise, the AC-MnV13 exhibits a specific capacitance of 357.33 F g-1 at the current density of 0.6 A g-1 with a specific energy of 71.46 Wh kg-1. Interestingly, the AC-MnV11 could light up the red and yellow color LED bulbs for a duration of 80 and 60 s, respectively, indicating a considerable specific power of the material. The AC-MnV13 electrode shows significantly less lighting up during the 65 and 30 s period with red and yellow LED bulbs. © 2022 The Electrochemical Society ("ECS"). Published on behalf of ECS by IOP Publishing Limited.
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    High-performance hybrid supercapacitor-immobilized Wells-Dawson polyoxometalates on activated carbon electrodes
    (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2023) Madhusree, J.E.; Chandewar, P.R.; Shee, D.; Mal, S.S.
    The nanofabrication of electroactive hybrid materials for next-generation energy storage devices is becoming increasingly significant as supercapacitor (SC) technology develops rapidly. The present study utilizes activated carbon (AC) templates reinforced with Wells-Dawson polyoxotungstates (POMs) to produce nanohybrid electrodes for high-performance supercapacitors. This study analyzes Wells-Dawson polyoxotungstates (P2W18) for the first time integrated with AC, and its structural and electrochemical performances are discussed. First, the electrochemical performances of symmetric supercapacitors were characterized in an acidic aqueous electrolyte (0.5 M H2SO4). It was observed that a supercapacitor cell containing the 5 wt% AC-P2W18 hybrid symmetric displayed a noteworthy specific capacitance of 289 F g−1 and a remarkable energy density of 40 W h kg−1. Moreover, 5% AC-P2W18 symmetric supercapacitor cells showed 89% cyclic stability over 4000 cycles. Three LED lights were charged onto the electrode. The LEDs continued to illuminate continuously for red until 160 seconds, yellow until 20 seconds, and blue until 10 seconds after removing the electrode from the electrochemical workstation, demonstrating the device's power and energy density. © 2023 The Royal Society of Chemistry.