Development and Characterization of Cotton Fibre stabilized MnO2 decorated Polyaniline hybrid material for Supercapacitor application

Herein, we report on the development of efficient, sustainable, and environmentally friendly cotton stabilized MnO2 decorated polyaniline electrode material via facile in-situ approach. Polymerization of aniline was performed in presence of cotton fibre and MnO2 via chemical oxidative method. Successful formation of hybrid material was confirmed by FT-IR and FESEM analysis. Inherent particle nature of polyaniline was observed to be changed to fibre like morphology due to templating effect of cotton fibre. Electrochemical performances were measured by cyclic voltammetry, charging-discharging and impedance spectroscopy analysis. Presence of cyclic voltammogram, charge-discharge cycles and lower charge transfer resistance of synthesized material demonstrate good electrochemical behaviour for supercapacitor application