Polymer Electrolytes for Supercapacitors

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Because of safety concerns associated with the use of liquid electrolytes and electrolyte solutions options of non-liquid materials like gels and polymers used as ion conducting electrolytes have been explored intensely. The low ionic conductivity of hard and soft solid materials was too low for practical applications in supercapacitors which require low internal reistance of a device and consequently highly conducting materials. Even if an additional separator may not be needed when the solid electrolyte already ensures reliable separation of the electrodes the electrolytes prepared as films or membranes as thin as practically acceptable resistance may still be too high. Recent developments with gel electrolytes sometimes approach or even surpass liquid electrolyte solutions in terms of effective conductance. Reported studies are reviewed, material combinations are sorted out, trends are identified.

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Subject: Chemistry and Materials Science - Electrochemistry

1. Introduction

Supercapacitors have established themselves as superior high power devices for storage of electric energy without any transformation or conversion (see Figure 1, path 2) as encountered with batteries or electrolyzers and fuel cells (see Figure 1, path 1).

Figure 1. Schematic pathways of electric energy storage EES.

They provide large currents and high power, unfortunately their energy density is still inferior to that of secondary batteries (Opposite statements in a report fraught with numerous further errors are apparently unfounded [1]). But they avoid the typical drawbacks of secondary batteries associated with electrode reactions, materials transformations (see Figure 1, path 2) and further details severely limiting stability and lifetime of secondary batteries. A typical supercapacitor contains two highly porous electrodes on metal foils as current collectors with a thin, porous layer of a separator in between. The whole setup is soaked with an aqueous or non-aqueous electrolyte solution (for an overview see [2], a rather mysterious contribution can be found at [3]). This phase certainly does not store charge as suggested presumably in a fundamental misunderstanding in [4,5,6]. Obviously the arrangement is very similar to that of a secondary battery; actually a supercapacitor may be called an extreme version of a high power battery whereas a secondary battery may be considered as a high-energy version of a supercapacitor. This merger between these initially very different operational principles has been reviewed elsewhere [7]. Not surprisingly some of the problems faced with secondary batteries show up with supercapacitors again. Liquid electrolytes and liquid electrolyte solutions are among them. The drawbacks of using such liquids in batteries have been addressed frequently, many users have actually encountered them already with leaking aqueous systems spilling corrosive alkaline liquid once the battery container has been perforated by corrosion (even the steel containers sometimes employed do not withstand the corrosive attack of the cell ingredients forever) or by mechanical damage. With organic solvent-based electrolyte solutions in lithium and lithium-ion batteries further dimensions like flammability, evaporation and toxicity were added. With aqueous electrolyte solutions preferable for many reasons the narrow voltage limit for device operation with electrolyte decomposition of water is a further weakness. Consequently the search for other non-liquid options meeting some or all of the indicated flaws has been active in battery research, now it is also active in supercapacitor research and development [2].

Solid electrolytes based on ion-conducting inorganic crystalline or amorphous materials (glasses, ceramics etc.) are one option, organic polymers providing ionic conductance are another one [8]. Apparently, only the latter materials should be called solid polymer electrolytes SPE whereas e.g. porous films or membranes of a polymer soaked with some ionic liquid (see e.g. [9,10]) or electrolyte solution (see e.g. [11]) should be called more precisely a separator or a modified separator. The sometimes noticed opinion that anything, which is not liquid, should be called a solid may be an oversimplification, definitely, it is confusing. This confusion is possibly equivalent to the designation “quasi-solid-state” [12,13,14]1. For even more impressive linguistic developments towards a “pseudo solid state electrolyte” see [15], towards a “quasi-solid-state supercapacitor” see [5,11,16,17,18], towards a “quasi-solid polymer electrolyte” [19,20], and towards a “quasi-solid-state hybrid battery supercapacitor” see [21]. Anyway, terminology has been confused and remains confusing, for more examples see [22,23]. A remarkably confusing example is contained in a report wherein a mixture of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) with an ionic liquid has been designated a solid electrolyte [24]. Another example of confusion is found in [25] wherein e.g. an “ionic-liquid-embedded polymer electrolyte” is mentioned. The material is simply an ionogel. A helpful, unfortunately not commonly accepted, designation of materials as “solid-like electrolytes” has been suggested [26].

Mixtures of several polymers are commonly called polymer blends, mixtures of inorganic and organic materials (not necessarily polymers) are sometimes called hybrids in particular when benefical extra effects (not simply additive ones) of the components are observed as studied in e.g. [27].

Unfortunately ionic conductivity values of most solids are still rather low, in particular at room temperature. This might not be a major problem with e.g. low current batteries as employed in pacemakers, which have been using a solid layer of LiI formed between the lithium metal negative electrode and the positive electrode of iodine and poly-2-vinylpyridin successfully for years [28]. With supercapacitors and the very large current capabilities being their most prominent feature this is a very serious problem. Nevertheless some progress has been made with organic polymeric electrolytes, this will be reviewed following. When adding a suitable liquid to a polymer it might turn into a gel, the obtained material may be called a gel(led) polymer electrolyte (GPE). Given the open question where to place a gel [29,30] this option shall not be overlooked here, it will be addressed in a further section 3.6 of this report.

A major problem of most supercapacitors is self-discharge proceeding much faster than in batteries [2,31,32]. Because energy storage in the currently (at the time of this writing) dominating electrochemical double layer capacitors (EDLC) is based on charge separation (discharge proceeds in the opposite direction by charge, i.e. ion, dissipation) self-discharge will simply proceed always once the device is charged, by spontaneous redistribution of ions. A barrier slowing down this process will also slow down self-discharge. Because self-discharge is directly related to ion movement the poor conductivity of solid electrolytes of every type related to low ion mobility and also low mobile charge carrier concentration may suggest also a slower self-discharge. Although in the vast majority of the research reports inspected for this overview self-discharge is not even mentioned (data on self-discharge are even more rare), sometimes it is addressed as in [33]. In this report a remarkably slower self-discharge as compared to a corresponding device with a liquid electrolyte solution is noticed; this improvement does not come at the price of otherwise compromised performance (For details see below).

Addition of redox-active ingredients to the electrolyte solution for increased storage capability is a frequently discussed option [2]; it has also been examined with polymer electrolytes and will be discussed in section 3.7 below.

Solid electrolytes finally may ensure sufficient separation of both electrodes without an additional separator. This advantage is sometimes explicitly mentioned; frequently the absence of a separator can only be inferred from present or missing details of the experimental description.

2. Fundamentals: Ionically Conducting Polymers

First reports about ionically conducting polymers, i.e. polymeric solid electrolytes for EES, dealt with poly (ethylene oxide) (PEO, (-CH₂O-)_n), poly (acrylonitrile) (PAN), poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and some other heteroatom-containing polymers. Their ionic conductivity at common operating temperatures was too low for practical application [34,35], thus further materials like polymers with ionogenic functional groups (sulfonates, carboxylates, etc.) capable of releasing a proton, or the initially mentioned polymers with electrolyte dissolved into them have been developed [22]. The acronym SPE2 (solid polymer electrolyte) was proposed; nowadays it is mostly applied to cation exchange membranes (CEM, Nafion^®, Flemion^®) in electrolyzers and fuel cells. Their application in supercapacitors will be reviewed in sect. 3.3.

The disadvantage of the low ambient temperature conductivity of polymer electrolytes (about 1/100 or even 1/1000 of the ionic conductivity of inorganic conductors based on ceramics, glasses, or inorganic crystals) is more than compensated by their advantages, in particular the option of preparing very thin but mechanically still stable films for wound cell designs, and the usually lower energy demand in preparation. The polar groups (in particular those containing oxygen in e.g. PEO) interact with ions of the dissolved salt, thus SPEs may be considered as solvents. Molecular architecture of an SPE, chain flexibility and further details are relevant for actually observed conductivity [34], for overviews see also [26,36]. The influence of segmental motion in polymer chains of a plasticized PEO-electrolyte on ion transport has been examined [37].

Figure 2.1. Scheme of interactions between a sodium ion and PEO.

Figure 2.1. Scheme of interactions between a sodium ion and PEO.

The development of research activities starting with initial reports and reviewed in [34] becomes apparent also when looking at publication activities as displayed in Figure 2.2.

Figure 2.2. Annual publication numbers of reports with “polymer electrolyte” and “supercapacitor” anywhere in the title, keywords or abstract (Data from Scopus^® and Web of Science^® retrieved on July 8^th, 2024). Further publications with these keywords somewhere in the text could initially not be counted; but when noticed and considered relevant in the present context they were evaluated below. The very few publications on “electrochemical capacitors” or “double layer capacitors” instead of “supercapacitors” were included; the associated confusion suggests once more systematic use of technical terms. Repeatedly the term “polymer electrolyte” is mentioned in the abstract but nowhere addressed in the report; this might have resulted in numbers slightly too large.

In the sections of the following main chapter reports on polymer materials studied as electrolytes in supercapacitors are reviewed organized according to the class of polymer and further functional criteria already outlined above. Following the already addressed confusing terminology in subsequent sections materials not exactly fitting into this classification are inspected in the section appearing most fitting or suggested by the author(s). Although sometimes synthesis and characterization of electrolytes appear to be the main purpose of a report, application in actual devices are in the center of this report. For reasons stated elsewhere [38] and keeping in mind the deplorable absence of common standards for reporting specific capacitances and energy values [39] such values are not reported here. Instead values indicative of stability are stated (when provided) in terms of capacitance retention as a function cycle number, because capacitance retention as a function of time of use or of run charge/discharge cyles will ultimately decide about success of a device in the market. Rarely changes of power density (whether volumetric or gravimetric ones) or of energy density (again volumetric or gravimetric ones) as a function of cycle number are reported, unfortunately in the noteworthy exception [40] an EDLC-device has been cycled only 250 times! Thus following capacitance values, i.e. their retention, are in the focus of attention. Although ionic conduction appeared as the focal point of all studies and developments its actual specific value for a given material is only one dimension of the studied materials. Critically important is the actual Ohmic resistance in a practical cell (as part of the electric series resistance ESR). In case mechanical properties of a given material enable a thinner electrolyte foil even low specific conductivity may become less important. If the material in addition supports better interfacial contact between the porous electrode and the electrolyte this aspect will be even less dominant. The requirements for an electrolyte, in this report a polymer electrolyte, can be summed up:

Wide available electrode potential window
high ionic conductivity sufficient chemical and electrochemical stability
thermal stability
compatibility with electrode and separator materials
environmental compatibility
low price
sustainable resources

The role of electrolytes has been mentioned in passing in a boisterous report on the “emerging electrochemical activation tactic” [41]. Actually, the authors discuss changes of cell constituents during operation of the cell and observed effects!

Overviews beyond the already mentioned monographs [34,35] on SPEs touching fundamentals and many fields of applications are available [13,42,43,44,45,46,47,48]. They include reviews focused on specific details like processability [49], the identity of the mobile charge carriers like OH^--ions in [50], influence of stretching on conductivity [51], safety aspects of GPEs [52] and further general aspects of GPEs [53], processing of GPEs [54], ink-jet printability of GPEs [55], SPEs in flexible supercapacitors [56,57,58,59], SPEs combined with MXenes [60], self-healing SPEs [61], proton-conducting polymers with particular attention to their blends with inorganic materials [62], cellulose-based SPEs [63], and radiation-grafting in SPE preparation [64]. In the following text the acronym SPE will be used mostly without addressing again and again the details of gelling etc.

3. Solid Polymer Electrolytes in Supercapacitors

3.1. Plain SPEs

A polymer with ionic substituent groups enabling release of mobile ions by dissociation and supporting movement of the released ions by some hopping or migration mechanism can be called a polymer electrolyte; most frequently the acronym SPE is associated with these materials only. The adjective solid is only an addition, actually redundant, because polymers tend to be solid. Because of this ion-releasing capability these materials will be treated in a separate section 3.3 below.

Actually the development of polymer electrolytes started with materials without the former feature like PEO, PAN, PMMA, NYLON^® and further heteroatom-containing polymers. Precisely speaking and considering the definition of the term electrolyte [2] these materials should not be called electrolytes. Their ionic conductivity based only on their capability to support ion movement without releasing or creating ions at common operating temperatures was too low for practical application [34]. This might have been due to numbers of mobile charge carriers too low and their mobility being too slow. At least two roads toward improvement appeared: Chemical modification of a polymer by insertion of ionogenic groups and combination of polymers with plasticizing substances were options pursued subsequently (see following section). Nevertheless these materials have been further studied as host materials for electrolytes.

An electrospun polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) membrane was soaked in a solution of an IL in an unknown solvent and used as SPE in a redox supercapacitor keeping 93 % of its initial capacitance after 100 (!) cycles [65].

PVDF dissolved in propylene carbonate with dissolved LiClO₄ left a gel after solvent evaporation and was subsequently used as electrolyte in a hybrid supercapacitor with reduced graphene oxide and manganese oxide electrodes [66]. A SPE based on this material combination was used in a hybrid supercapacitor with a Ni(OH)₂-reduced graphene oxide showing 67 % capacitance retention after 5000 cycles [67]. The use of this SPE for direct printing of both EDLC devices and redox supercapacitors has been demonstrated [68]. In a similar approach PVDF was dissolved in a mixture of ethylene and propylene carbonate; after addition of NaSCN a SPE was obtained and tested in a symmetric redox supercapacitor with PANI electrodes [69]. Stability was not examined. The authors repeated the study with PPy as electrode material and examined stability along 50 (!) cycles [70]. PVDF and chitosan dissolved in a solvent mixture of aqueous acetic acid and DMF yielded a SPE for a symmetric redox supercapacitor showing unusual increases and subsequently decreases of capacitance with cycling [71].

PVDF and an IL dissolved in acetone yielded a SPE subsequently used in an EDLC-device with unknown stability [72]. PVDF dissolved in DMF with an added IL and nanoparticular SiO₂ has been tested in an EDLC-device showing 9 % capacitance loss after 2000 cycles [73].

Polyurethane plasticized with a mixture of ethylene and propylene carbonate with added LiClO₄ as ion source has been used in and EDLC-device keeping 80 of its initial capacitance after 1000 cycles [74].

A SPE of poly (lithium acrylate) with silica nanoparticles has been reported, later in the text addition of LiTFSI3 is mentioned [75]. An EDLC-device kept 97 % of its initial capacitance after 12000 cycles. Sodium acrylate copolymerized with lignin and nanoparticular SiO₂ afforded a SPE for an EDLC-device with 96 % capacitance retention after 8000 cycles [76]. A copolymer of vinylimidazole and hydroxypropyl acrylate with added NaNO₃ was used as self-healing SPE in an EDLC-device showing a stable capacitance during 5000 cycles [77].

Several acrylate-related SPEs have been compared in a redox supercapacitor with polyaniline electrodes, the device with polyacrylic acid and sulfuric acid as SPE showed most stable capacitance values during 5000 cycles (assuming the labeling of the respective figure to be wrong with a correct labeling given in the report) [78].

A “methacrylate-based” SPE not specified further4 has been suggested for use in high-power electrochemical storage and conversion devices [79]. Inspection of possibly related publications by the authors of this report leads to [80]. Again the use of “methacrylate-based” electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries is claimed in the title. The polymer is actually a staistical copolymer of oligo(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate (OEGMA) and benzyl methacrylate (BnMA) (see Figure 3.1.1).

Figure 3.1.1. (Ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate and benzyl methacrylate.

Discs punched of the obtained SPE membranes were soaked in a solution of LiPF₆ in a mixture of ethylene carbonate and dimethyo carbonate. Possibly this SPE was used also in supercapacitor studies in [79]. The assembled EDLC-device lost about 10 % of the initial capacitance after 50000 cycles. For a lithium-ion capacitor capacitance retention depended on current density; at lower current density losses were more pronounced than at higher current densities.

Cross-linked poly (ethyleneglycol) dimethacrylate and poly (ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate with an added IL have been prepared as a SPE for an EDLC-device with a capacitance stable along 2500 cycles [81]. Why this material was called poly ethylene oxide in the title of the report remains mysterious.

A SPE based on a copolymer of poly (ethylene glycol) methyl ether acrylate (PEGMA) and trimethylolpropane ethoxylate triacrylate formed in a solution of ethylene carbonate and dimethyl carbonate with LiPF₆ was used in a microsupercapacitor keeping 83 % of its initial capacitance after 5000 cycles [82].

Polyethylene glycol diacrylate (Figure 3.1.2) combined with various Ils has been used in the preparation of microsupercapacitor array yielded a device keeping its capacitance along 20000 cycles [83]. Polyethylene glycol diacrylate was photopolymerized in the presence of Mg(TFS)₂ and succinonitrile as plasticizer and used as SPE in an EDLC-device5 keeping 87 % of its initial capacitance after 11200 cycles [84]. A SPE of polyethylene glycol diacrylate with LiBF₄ as ion source, an IL and SiO₂ nanoparticles has been prepared and characterized [85].

Figure 3.1.2. Polyethylene glycol diacrylate

A blend of poly (ethylene glycol) (Figure 3.1.3) and chitosan plasticized with ethylene and propylene carbonate with LiClO₄ as ion source was used as SPE in an EDLC-device providing 91 % capacitance retention after 1000 cycles [86].

Figure 3.1.3. Poly (ethylene glycol).

SPEs based on poly (2-ethoxyethyl methacrylate) plasticized with various carbonate solvents and with added ILs as ion source have been compared [87]. A proton-con ducting SPE based on 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate with further ingredients was tested in an EDLC-device yielding at optimum composition of the SPE 96 % capacity retention after 1000 cycles [88].

A blend of Nylon^® 6-10 with H₃PO₄ has been proposed as a SPE for an EDLC-super capacitor [89,90].

PEO mixed with an ionic liquid and dissolved in acetone was poured onto a porous polypropylene membrane separator [9]. Assembly of an EDLC-device was not described, how sufficient contact between electrode and electrolyte was established remains mysterious. After 1000 cycles 90 % of the initial capacitance was retained. To a solution of PEO in methanol an IL was added, the SPE obtained after solvent evaporation was tested in an EDLC-device without obtained stability data [91].

PEO cross-linked with an IL and benzophenon fixed in a non-woven separator yielded a SPE tested in an EDLC-device with unspecified stability [92]. PEO combined with an aqueous solution of KOH yielded a SPE in an EDLC-device with unknown stability [93]. Correlations between ion transport and further properties and stretching of a PEO-IL SPE have been studied [94]. To PEO dissolved in propylene carbonate an IL was added, the obtained SPE was tested in an EDLC-device, stability was not examined [95].

In a redox capacitor an SPE based on organo nanoclay, Et₄NBF₄ and PEO was used [96]. The device lost 31 % of its initial capacitance during 1000 cycles.

A SPE prepared from PEO, organically modified nanoclay and tetraethylammonium tetrafluoroborate has been prepared and characterized [97]. Performance of the assembled EDLC-device at room temperature was poor, stability was not examined.

Application of an electrolyte composed of PEO, LiTFSI and the ionic liquid N-methyl-N-propyl piperi dinium bis(tri fluoro methan sulfonyl)imide has been reported [98]. PEO modified by electron beam irradiation has been studied as a SPE [99]. Although no supercapacitors were assembled specific capacitances were surprisingly measured. The observed increase with irradiated PEO suggests a beneficial effect of increased conductivity of the polymer. To a PEO-based solid electrolyte with NaPF₆ nanoparticles of ZrO₂ were added, stability of the assembled EDLC-supercapacitor was not examined [100]. To PEO with NH₄I as ion source carbon black has been added as a filler for improved electrochemical properties (increased ionic conductivity) at very low concentrations 0.01 to 0.06 wt.% [101]. The reduced charge transfer resistance also attributed to added fillers is nowhere adddressed in the report, stability of the assembled EDLC-device was not examined.

A PEO/PVP/Li TFSI/BaTiO₃ electrolyte for various applications in electrochemical energy storage has been reported [102]. A mixture of PEO and PVA with LiClO₄ as ion source as SPE has been studied [103].

A SPE based simply on poly (2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid) has been used in an EDLC-device keeping more than 80 % of its initial capacitance after 5000 cycles [104]. A neutral SPE based on polyacrylamide and Li₂SO₄ has been developed and tested in an EDLC-device showing a stable capacitance during 10000 cycles [105].

A cross linked sulfonated poly (ether ether ketone) has been used as SPE in a redox supercapacitor with PANI as active masses in both electrodes [106,107]. For improved electrolyte/electrode contact the assembly was soaked in sulfuric acid. It showed about 15 % capacitance loss during 1000 cycles. Sulfonated polysulfone with added boric acid, an IL and polyphosphoric acid has been used as SPE in an EDLC-device showing 85 % capacitance retention after 1000 cycles [108].

Formation of copolymers in their various forms [109] has been considered as an option to improve relevant properties of polymer electrolytes. Copolymers with IL are presented in sect. 3.4. A poly (ethylene oxide)-poly (propylene oxide)-poly (ethylene oxide) triblock polymer further cross-linked with 200 % added IL has been used as a SPE in an EDLC-device showing 95 % capacitance retention after 10000 cycles [110]. The significant IL-content called somewhat surprisingly “moderate” in the report enabled penetration into the porous electrodes accounting for the impressive rate capability. Copolymers of polyacrylic acid with other comonomers have been prepared and combined with NaNO₃ from an aqueous solution yielding a hydrogel used in an EDLC-device showing 89 % capacitance retention after 3000 cycles [111]. A polymethacrylate comb copolymer combined with an IL has been used in an EDC-device keeping 91 % of its initial capacitance after 10000 cycles [112]. Organically modified ceramics, i.e. inorganic-organic copolymers, have been introduced [113].

SPEs of poly (acrylic acid)-co-poly (acrylamide) copolymer and the corresponding homopolymer poly (acrylic acid) with added KCl have been compared in a symmetric redox supercapacitor with MnO₂-based electrodes [114]. In terms of capacitance retention the cell with the copolymer SPE performed much better showing no capacitance loss within 3000 cycles. This was tentatively attributed to the higher rigidity of the copolymer indicated by a much higher glass transition temperature.

A poly (aryl ether ketone)-poly (ethylene glycol) copolymer has been tested as a host material with added LiClO₄ in supercapacitors at elevated temperatures [115]. The EDLC-type electrodes were soaked with dimethylacetamide before assembly. The electrolyte membrane was prepared by dissolving the copolymer in dimethylacetamide followed by addition of various amounts of LiClO₄ (The reference to EO, presumably ethylene oxide, in the report appears to be a mistake). Upon assembly of the supercapacitor some salt moves into the liquid staying in the porous electrode body helping to establish a sufficiently extended electrode/electrolyte interface. The recorded capacitance stayed almost stable at T = 30 °C and 120 °C during 2000 cycles. A poly (ether ether ketone)/poly (vinyl alcohol) composite membrane has been suggested as a separator (not a SPE) for an EDLC-device with an aqueous electrolyte solution [116].

A poly (arylene ether sulfone) copolymer membrane has been examined in an EDLC-device [117]. Soaking with a solution of Li₂SO₄ (presumably in water) yielded a SPE enabling a stable capacitance along 3000 cycles. An apparently similar material called a copolymer with again no identification of the second comonomer with polyether side chains has been studied again as SPE elsewhere by these authors [118]. To an amphiphilic block-graft copolymer poly (styrene -b-buta diene-b-styrene)-g-poly (oxyethylene meth acry late) propylene carbonate and LiTFSI were added [119]. The somewhat hard to understand experimental description suggests that a solution of this polymer presumably in THF was dropped onto the porous activated carbon electrode. The dried electrodes were assembled into a supercapacitor apparently without a separator. About 5 % of the initial capacitance was lost after 2000 cycles. How PEO side chains were formed remains a mystery.

A copolymer of methyl methacrylate and 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate combined with diphenyl phosphate (Figure 3.1.4) as proton source has been used as SPE without stability data reported [120].

Figure 3.1.4. Diphenyl phosphate.

A copolymer poly (hydroxyethyl methacrylate-co-trimethylolpropane allyl ether) combined with H₃PO₄ was used as a SPE in an EDLC-device showing 84 % capacitance retention after 32000 cycles [121].

A copolymer of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate and [2-(acryloyl oxy)ethyl]-tri methyl ammonium chloride was swollen in highly concentrated phosphoric acid yielding a SPE tested in a symmetric redox supercapacitor with polyaniline electrodes [122]. The device showed a stable capacitance up to 9000 cycles, subsequently a serious drop in capacitance to 86 % of the initial value at 11000 cycles was observed.

An injectable type of SPE based on poly (ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate with good penetration into the porous carbonaceous electrodes of the EDLC-device finally assembled was tested with poor capacitance retention at elevated operation temperature T = 80 °C, data at room temperature were not provided [123]. Several acrylate-related monomers were combined into a copolymer used in an EDLC-device [124]. After assembly the device was soaked in an electrolyte solution of spiro-(1,10)-bi pyrroli dinium tetrafluoroborate in acetonitrile. Specific capacitance was larger than found with the electrolyte solution instead of the SPE. This confirms a very good utilization of the internal surface of the porous electrode, 85 % capacitance retention after 5000 cycles confirm this assumption. A copolymer of poly (2,2,2-trifluoroethyl methacrylate) and poly (ethylene glycol) behenyl ether meth acry late with an added IL was used as SPE in an EDLC device showing 88 % capacitance retention after 4000 cycles [125]. With a copolymer of poly (isobornyl methacrylate) and poly (ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate used as SPE an EDLC-device provided an initially growing capacitance retaining around 90 % after 6000 cycles [126]. A copolymer of acrylonitrile and vinyltrimethoxysilane was soaked with an electrolyte solution of LiPF₆ in ethylene carbonate/dimethyl carbonate and used as SPE in a hybrid supercapacitor with unknown stability [127]. The copolymer poly (vinyl alcohol-co-acrylonitrile) was combined with PEO and an IL into a SPE for an EDLC-device, somewhat surprisingly the SPE without PEO performed best in stability and energy density [128]. A microporous polymer membrane of a similar polymer soaked with an aqueous solution of 1 M LiClO₄ has been called a polymer electrolyte [129], the device prepared with an optimized membrane (the terminology appears to be somewhat misleading, actually the membrane serves as a separator and does not have any of the typical functions of an electrolyte) showed a slightly higher specific capacity than a device with liquid electrolyte and decreased self-discharge. The small amount of added chitosan is presumably the reason for calling the membrane a gelled electrolyte in a figure. A sodium polyacrylate-co-polyacrylamide SPE has been compared with the respective homopolymer sodium polyacrylate SPE both with KCl as ion source in a redox supercapacitor [130]. The copolymer provided much superior capacitance retention during 3000 cycles; this was attributed to the alkaline nature of the amino groups of the comonomer.

A porous silica network-derived poly (styrene)-b-poly (2-vinylpyridine) block copolymer filled with an IL has been suggested as SPE for an EDLC-device showing 76 % capacitance retention after 1000 cycles [131].

A hydrogel composed of three comonomers, one hydrophilic and two hydrophobic ones, with LiCl has been proposed aiming at improved low-temperature and high-voltage performance [132]. The assembled EDLC-device kept 90 % of its initial capacitance after 10000 cycles.

A complex mixture of PTFE, polyurethane, fumed silica nanoparticles and an ionic liquid yielded an electrolyte called polymeric by the authors for an EDLC-device with a capacitance stable along 5000 cycles [133]. Ageing of the electrolyte and the electrolyte/electrode interface were not examined. A copolymer of potassium poly (acrylate) and polyurethane soaked with an aqueous solution of Na₂SO₄ was used as a SPE in a redox supercapacitor with 97 % capacitance retention after 10000 cycles [134]. A composite of polyurethane and porous wood with polyethylene glycol, 2,2-bis(hydroxy methyl)pro pionic acid and LiClO₄ as ion source has been used in and EDLC-device with95 % capacitance retention after 4000 cycles at optimum composition [135].

A copolymer of vinyl acetate and 1-ethyl-3-vinylimidazolium with the anion bromide of the latter as mobile charge carrier has been tested as SPE with a wide electrochemical window of stability in an EDLC-device with 90 % capacitance retention after 5000 cycles [136]. Cross linked poly (acrylic acid-co-vinylimidazole) soaked in LiCl-con taining solutions in water and/or ethylene glycol has been tested in an EDLC-device, no stability data were communicated [137]. For further examples of copolymer-based SPEs see e.g. [138].

A copolymer electrolyte, namely poly (N-isopropylacrylamide-co-glycidyl meth acrylate) showing a steep decrease of ionic conductivity causing almost a shutdown of a supercapacitor has been proposed providing 88 % capacitance retention after 1000 cycles in a MXene-based device [139].

A copolymer of three monomers poly (acrylonitrile)-b-poly (ethylene glycol)-b-poly (acrylonitrile) has been swollen with DMF, LiClO4 was added as ion source [140]. For the assembled EDLC-device stability was not reported.

Epoxy resin loaded with a high fraction of the IL DMIMBr yielded a flexible electrolyte [141]. Epoxy combined with poly (ethylene glycol) containing a mixture of an IL and LiTFSI formed a double network electrolyte enabling 61 % capacitance retention after 3000 cycles [142]. An epoxy polymer prepared in a solution of an IL with dissolved LiTFSI as ion source with added Al₂O₃ for improved conductivity and mechanical robustness has been used as SPE in an EDLC-device with 61 % capacitance retention after 1000 cycles [143]. A SPE employing an epoxy-based polymer as host material with a solution of LiTFSI and an IL as the embedded ion-conducting phase has been tested in an EDLC-device with stability not reported [144]. An epoxy-based polymer rich in polyethylene oxide moieties was used as a host for an IL, the product was used as SPE in a fiber supercapacitor (EDLC-type) with stability not reported [145]. Advantages of epoxy-based SPEs have been highlighted in [146], a review of these SPEs is available [147].

A SPE containing polyester, a lithium salt, an IL and PANI nanofibers has been developed [148]. Although the mixture was infused into the porous electrode before curing for better electrode/electrolyte contact displayed data suggest a rather high internal resistance of the assembled device; the device kept 93 % of its initial capacitance after 2500 cycles. The same electrolyte was applied with different electrode materials by the same authors [149]. This device kept 96 % after 2000 cycles. Nitrile butadiene rubber soaked with an aqueous solution of KCl has been used as SPE in a redox supercapacitor with unknown stability [150].

Chemically modified methylcellulose with LiTFS as electrolyte salt has been examined as electrolyte in an EDLC-device with less than 4 % capacitance lost after 20000 cycles [151]. For improved electrolyte/electrode interfacing the still liquid electrolyte material was poured on the porous electrodes. Methylcellulose mixed with NH₄NO₃ and an IL yielded a SPE with unknown stability in an EDLC-device [152]. A repetition of this study with a mysterious MC electrolyte material (with MC identified as methylcellulose by careful comparison of both publications) yielded an EDLC-device showing a fluctuating capacitance within 180 (!) cycles [153]. Methylcellulose with various amounts of propylene carbonate as plasticizer and NaI as ion source (why the author called it a dopant remains a mystery) has been tested in an EDLC-device [154]. Stability data were not given, apparently the iodide ions were not electractive in the studied cell voltage range. A SPE prepared from cellulose acetate with anadded IL and KSCN as ion source has been prepared and characterized; stability data of an assembled EDLC-device were not reported [155].

To functionalized methyl cellulose LiClO₄ was added as ion source; the obtained SPE was tested in an EDLC-device showing less than 5 % capacitance losses after 30000 cycles [20]. A SPE from hydroxy ethylcellulose with KOH was used in an EDLC-device showing 91 % capacitance retention after 10000 cycles [156]. A carboxymethylcellulose6-based SPE with Na₂SO₄ as ion source has been used in a hybrid supercapacitor showing 80 % capacitance retention after 10000 cycles [157]. A SPE based on carboxymethylcellulose intercalated with plant particles of dried Hibiscus sabdariffa7 and citric acid as ion source was used as SPE in an EDLC-device keeping 91 % of its initial capacitance after 4000 cycles [158].

Lignocellulose soaked with sulphuric acid has been called a hydrogel or gel polymer for reasons not entirely clear [159]. An EDLC-device assembled with this electrolyte kept its initial capacitance after 20000 cycles. These authors tried the same approach with KOH instead [160].

A SPE prepared by dissolving cellulose acetate and LiClO₄ in THF has been prepared and tested for biodegradability [161]. A test in a redox capacitor with PPy electrodes showed a stepwise capacitance loss of about 5 % after 250 cycles.

A SPE from cassava starch and H₂SO₄ with carbon dots added for enhanced performance was used in an EDLC-device keeping 93 % of its initial capacitance after 10000 cycles [162]. A blend of chitosan and starch plasticized with glycerol and LiClO₄ as ion source (not as dopant as claimed in the text) has been tested in an EDLC-device of unknown stability [163]. This blend as well as the plasticizer combined with NaI have been used in a device with stability not examined [164]. Chitosan combined with a deep eutectic solvent yielded a SPE tested in a redox supercapacitor showing 70 % capacitance retention after 1500 cycles [165]. Chitosan combined with potato starch and graphene oxide was used as solid electrolyte in a redox supercapacitor with stability not reported [166]. Elsewhere potato starch has been used in the preparation of a multicomponent electrolyte with a description too complicate to present in this overview [167]. A blend of poly (styrene sulphonic acid) and starch with added LiClO₄ with glycerol as plasticizer blend enabled an EDLC-device with a few percent capacitance loss along 3000 cycles [168]. A xanthan-gum-based SPE with Na₂SO₄ has been tested as a SPE for an EDLC-device showing 85 % capacitance retention after 3000 cycles [169]. Guar gum with a small amount of PEDOT:PSS and LiClO₄ enabling an EDLC-device with 98 % capacitance retention after 1000 cycles [5]. A SPE of guar gum plasticized with glycerol and LiClO₄ as ion source has been prepared and characterized and tested in an EDLC-device keeping 94 % of its initial capacitance after 2000 cycles [170]. A blend of poly (caprolactone) and guar gum with LiClO₄ as ion source has been tested as SPE in an EDLC-device loosing about 5 % of the initial capacitance during 2000 cycles [171].

PVA cross linked with acrylic acid and xanthan gum with added ZnCl₂ (presumably as ion source) was used as SPE for a zinc ion capacitor [172]. The device showed 84 % capacitance retention after 1000 cycles.

A SPE prepared from chitosan and adipic/acetic acid, an ionic liquid and a lithium salt has been prepared and characterized [173].

Cotton fibers and PVA with H₂SO₄ yielded an acidic SPE tested in an EDLC-device showing 106 % of the initial capacitance after 10000 cycles [174]. Hydrolyzed cellulose and PVA were combined with Li₂SO₄ into a SPE tested in an EDLC-device [175]. The beneficial effect of added Al₂(SO₄)₃ is hard to follow given the rather incomplete report, apparently it improves capacitance retention to 91 % after 20000 cycles. Cotton partially depolymerized with cellulase and subsequently combined with PVA yielded a flexible membrane, soaking in an aqueous solution of KOH yielded a GPE used in an EDLC-device showing about 37 % capacitance retention after 10000 cycles in the optimum composition of the GPE [176]. Biopolymers synthesized with the help of bacteria [177] and algal-based polysaccharides [178] studied as constituents of SPE have been reviewed.

A GPE based on a cross linked soybean protein isolate soaked with a neutral aqueous solution of Li₂SO₄ was used in an EDLC-device showing about 100 % capacitance retention after 5000 cycles [179]. Soybean protein isolate grafted with polyacrylic acid for improved electrochemical performance and soaked in an aqueous solution of Li₂SO₄ was used in an EDLC-device showing 87 % of its initial capacitance after 5000 cycles [180]. Incorporation of lignin into this GPE yielded an electrolyte highly conductive even at T = - 20 °C [181]. An EDLC-device with this GPE kept 73 % of its initial capacitance after 10000 cycles. Chemical modification of soy protein isolate with acrylamide simplified its handling in preparing a SPE by soaking of the obtained membrane in an aqueous solution of Li₂SO₄ which in turn enabled assembly of an EDLC-device keeping 95 % of its initial capacitance after 8000 cycles [182]. Cross linked soybean protein isolate and hydroxyethyl cellulose with Li₂SO₄ as ion source has been tested in an EDLC-device keeping a slightly fluctuating capacitance8 along 5000 cycles [183]. A GPE based on tamarind seed polysaccharide with ammonium formate as ion source has been prepared, characterized and suggested for use in a supercapacitor [184]. A SPE prepared with polysaccharides derived from Chia seeds with Na₂SO₄ has been used in an EDLC-device that kept 94 % of its initial capacitance after 10000 cycles [185].

Using seaweed-based alginate transformed into lithium alginate combined with lithium acetate yielded a flame-retardant GPE with 99 % capacitance retention after 8000 cycles [186]. Membranes prepared from alginate with NH₄Br as ion conductor have been suggested for use in supercapacitors but not been tested [187]. Lithium alginate cross-linked with lithium acrylate and vinyl silica nanoparticles formed a SPE of unknown stability [188]. A blend of sodium alginate and pectin dissolved in water was used to obtain a membrane suggested as SPE for supercapacitors [189].

Sodium alginate and PVA with added graphene oxide yielded a SPE tested in an EDLC-device showing 96 % capacitance retention after 5000 cycles (provided the errors in the report have been interpreted and corrected properly) [190]9.

Pectin and poly (ethylene glycol) were cross linked using added CaCl₂ which also acts as ion source yielding a SPE assembled into EDLC-devices containing electrodes with pectin only or with the cross linked material in the SPE [191]. In the fairly confused report observed capacitance retentions of 77 and 83 % after 5000 cycles cannot be attributed properly.

A GPE based on egg white adsorbed into an eggshell membrane with NaCl as ion source has been tested in an EDLC-device providing 94 % capacitance retention after 6000 cycles [192]. A similar approach has been tried again yielding a device with 86 % capacitance retention after 6500 cycles [193].

A SPE of lignin and a DEC was tested in a hybrid supercapacitor showing 80 % capacitance retention after 2000 cycles [194].

In a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) integrated with a supercapacitor an iodine-doped cellulose acetate propionate biopolymer was employed as electrolyte for both the DSSC and the SC [195].

3.2. Plasticized10 Polymer Electrolytes in Supercapacitors

To further improve properties of SPE plasticizers can be added [26]. The result may be close to a gel electrolyte although the approach starts from a different end: In case of a gel electrolyte a liquid is “solidified” or “gelled” by adding a gelling agent (see [2] for examples, more in sect. 3.6) whereas a plasticizer is added to a solid (hard) polymer) yielding a more or less soft “gelled” or “gel-like” substance. The resulting material is sometimes called a gel electrolyte, according to the author’s specified preferences results and reports can be found either in this section or in one of the following sections. When both terms (i.e. plastification and gel electrolyte) are used in one report (for an example see [196]) the assignment follows the more prominently displayed term in e.g. the title of the report. This terminological (or linguistic) uncertainty results in many variations in the description of the obtained electrolyte material also including entrapment of a liquid component.

PEO plasticized with ethylene carbonate with added LiTf11 and further ingredients has been examined with respect to possible use in energy storage devices [197]. A blend of PEO and PVP with (NH₄)₂Ce(NO₃)₆ as ion source has been proposed as SPE [198].

Polymers like polyvinylidene fluoride, itself an insulator and more popular as a binder for electrode materials and as a material for porous separators in lithium ion-batteries, and its copolymers can be dissolved and mixed with e.g. ILs to yield solid electrolytes after evaporation of the solvent [199].

To a blend of PVDF and polyvinylacetate (Figure 3.2.1) dissolved in acetone various amounts of an IL were added in preparation of a SPE membrane [200]. An EDLC-device prepared with a SPE of optimzed composition kept about 90 % of its initial capacitance after 5000 cycles.

Figure 3.2.1. Polyvinylacetate.

An IL 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetra cyanoborate (EMImTCB) was immobilized in poly (vinylidene fluoride-co-hexa fluo ro propylene) (PVDF-HFP12) yielding a plasticized or gelled polymer electrolyte [201]. The reported thermal stability is certainly due to the fact, that typically boiling points of ILs are much higher than those of organic solvents used for plastification elsewhere. A similar argument can be applied to the claimed wide window of electrochemical stability (the value reported versus a silver electrode in [201] remains mysterious – such window does not need a reference electrode, it is an absolute value). 3.8 V is not unusual for a nonaqueous electrolyte solution. A very similar approach has been tried with this copolymer and ionic liquids with 1,3-di alkyl-1,2,3-benzo triazolium as a cation and various anions yielding an electrolyte for an EDLC-device [202]. Displayed GCD-plots show a highly irregular behavior certainly not typical of an EDLC-device as claimed by the authors; stability was not examined. Using instead dibutyl 1,2,3-benzotriazolium tetrafluoroborate in the same approach a SPE was prepared and used in a redox supercapacitor with PANI doped with this salt (the report states that the salt was doped with PANI – a highly unusual proposition) showing 89 % capacitance retention after 3000 cycles [203]. With another IL an EDLC-device showed 18 % capacitance decay after 10000 cycles [204], in a similar study 25 % capacitance loss after 2000 cycles were found [205], for a further example of this type with polypyrrole electrodes stability data were not reported [206]. With this PVDF-HFP-IL combination as SPE in a redox supercapacitor 90 % of the initial capacitance were left after 6000 cycles [207]. A PVDF-HFP-IL SPE was used in an EDLC-device keeping 86 % of its initial capacitance after 10000 cycles [208]. A PVDF-HFP-IL SPE was tested in a redox supercapacitor keeping 55 % of its initial capacitance after 10000 cycles [209]. Again a SPE prepared by dissolving PVDF-HFP and an IL in acetone followed by solvent evaporation was tested in an EDLC-device showing 90 % capacitance retention after 5000 cycles [210]. In a further example along this line an EDLC-device was prepared and tested without reporting stability data [211]. In another similar example showed capacitance retention better than 96 % after 10000 cycles [212]. A redox supercapacitor with pure MnO₂ as active material and a SPE as described in the previous examples has been tested, data on stability have not been reported [213]. For a further example without stability data see [214].

PVDF-HFP dissolved in acetone was mixed with an electrolyte solution of an IL with NaTf; after solvent evaporation a SPE was obtained [215]. The assembled EDLC-device kept 57 % of its initial capacitance after 10000 cycles. Using this SPE the authors assembled a redox supercapacitor with ruthenium oxide- poly (3-methyl thiophene) electrodes with 66 % capacitance retention after 5000 cycles [216]. Following this recipe for the SPE again except for Mg(Tf)₂ as ion source a SPE was prepared and tested in an EDLC-device showing 28 % capacitance loss after 10000 cycles [217]. A SPE based on PVDF-HFP with 1-ethyl-3-methyl imid azolium bromide, propylene carbonate as plasticizer and Mg(ClO₄)₂ has been characterized [218]. A SPE obtained from PVDF-HFP dissolved together with NH₄Tf and an IL in acetone without a plasticizer has been used in an EDLC-device showing 20 % capacitance fading after 6200 cycles [219]. Further examples of PVDF-HFP combined with Ils have been reported [220].

PVDF-HFP plasticized with propylene and ethylene carbonate with added TEABF₄ as ion sources has been studied as SPE for a redox supercapacitor showing poor stability [221,222]. Elsewhere as ion source NaClO₄ has been used, the SPE was tested in an EDLC-device showing 17 % capacity fading after 10000 cycles [223]. With NaTSFI instead a SPE was used in an EDLC-device showing 25 % capacity fading after 15000 cycles with plain activated carbon electrode; with composite electrodes fading dropped to 7 % [224].

PVDF-HFP plasticized with succinonitrile and with an added IL has been used as SPE13 in a hybrid supercapacitor showing about 80 % capacitance retention after 2000 cycles [225]. The rather erratic changes of capacitance and the poor retention were attributed to a high internal resistance of the device although the electrodes had been soaked with the electrolyte mix before assembly with a glass fabric separator. PVDF-HFP mixed with an IL and “plastic crystalline succinonitrile” was used as SPE in an EDLC-device keeping 80 % of its initial capacitance after 10000 cycles [226].

PVDF-HFP dissolved in acetone was mixed with a solution of LiTFSI in suberonitrile (1,6-dicyano-hexane, also acting as plasticizer) yielded a SPE after solvent evaporation [227]. An assembled EDLC-device provided 90 % capacitance retention after 20000 cycles. To a solution of PVDF-HFP in acetone a solution of LiTFSI in an IL was added, the obtained film was used as SPE in an EDLC-device with 90 % capacity retention after 25000 cycles [228]. These author’s employed the same electrolyte but only different carbon electrode materials, the supercapacitor lost about 8 % of the initial capacitance in the initial 2000 cycles [229]. A cell with the liquid electrolyte solution only lost about 70 %.

A SPE prepared with minor difference by mixing a solution of PVDF-HFP in acetone with a solution of NH₄Tf in an IL followed by solvent evaporation was used in supercapacitors with plain PEDOT:PSS and PEDOT:PSS/graphene nanoplatelet composite electrodes [230]. With latter material a higher specfici capacitance was found, both systems lost about 10 % of the initial capacitance after 2000 cycles.

For use in a lithium-ion capacitor the copolymer just mentioned was treated with an electrolyte solution of LiClO₄ in a mixed carbonate solvent yielding according to the author’s claim a gel electrolyte [231]. 86 % of the initial capacitance was kept after 2400 cycles. A solution of PVDF-HFP in acetone was mixed with a solution of LiClO₄ in a mixed carbonate solvent, after solvent evaporation a SPE was obatined and tested in an EDLC-device with no stability data reported [232]. Said copolymer (and not PVDF alone as claimed in the abstract of the report) was dissolved in acetonitrile, this solution was mixed with an electrolyte solution of TEABF₄ in a mixture of propylene and ethylene carbonate also used as plasticizer subsequently yielding a GPE [233]. Combined with porous microelectrodes a device with 86 % capacitance retention after 5000 cycles was obtained. How penetration of the electrolyte into the porous electrodes may have been achieved remains unknown, device assembly was not described. Elsewhere said polymer was prepared as a porous membrane which was subsequently soaked in an ionic liquid-base electrolyte solution [234]. An EDLC-device prepared with this electrolyte kept a stable capacitance during 10000 cycles. Formation of a gel or gel electrolyte was not specifically claimed. A redox capacitor with polythiophene electrodes and a microporous PVDF-HFP film soaked with a solution of LiPF₆ dissolved in a mixture of propylene and ethylene carbonate as “solid electrolyte” kept 97 % of the initial capacitance after 1000 cycles [235]. PVDF-HFP combined with an IL was tested as a SPE [236]. The effect of lithium salt addition to a SPE of PVDF-HFP with an IL has been studied [237]. In an EDLC-cell with optimized concentration 80 % capacitance retention after 1000 cycles was noticed.

PVDF-HFP mixed with Mg(ClO₄)₂ was dissolved in tetrahydrofuran, after evaporation of the solvent a flexible film was obtained, how the also mentioned propylene carbonate was used remains unclear [238]. A redox supercapacitor with polypyrrole electrodes and unknown stability was tested. This SPE was used in a similar report by these authors elsewhere [239] for a supercapacitor with 50 % capacitance retention after 5000 cycles according to a displayed figure and 95 % retention after this cycle number claimed in the text. This electrolyte was used also in a study of an EDLC-device with silver-decorated carbon electrodes [240], with multiwalled carbon nanotubes instead 96 % capacitance retention were observed after 5000 cycles [241]. It was again used in a symmetric redox supercapacitor providing 91 % capacitance retention after 5000 cycles [242]. PVDF-HFP again, but now plasticized with propylene carbonate, mixed with Mg(ClO₄)₂ and dissolved in tetrahydrofuran yielded a flexible polymer electrolyte sheet used in an EDLC-device [243]. Modification of the employed carbon material with copper nanoparticles did not cause any visible change in CVs and GCD-curves. 91 % of the initial capacitance was still present after 10000 cycles. PVDF-HFP dissolved in acetonitrile mixed with Mg(ClO₄)₂ in propylene carbonate yielded a SPE after addition of an IL [244], test results except for stability have been reported elsewhere [245]. To said combination with propylene carbonate as plasticizer fumed silica has been added for improved ionic conductivity [246]. In the slightly confused report (the newly coined term “nanogel” is nowhere explained or justified) capacitance retention of the assembled EDLC-device of 78 % after 2300 cycles was found.

PVDF-HFP plasticized with ethylene carbonate with added GO for improved properties and with LiClO₄ as ion source has been tested in an EDLC-device, stability has not been examined [247]. In a similar study the copolymer was dissolved in acetone, zinc tri fluoro methane sulfo nate and the IL 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium trifluoro methane sulfonate were added, and the finally obtained SPE was used in a symmetric redox supercapacitor with polypyrrole electrodes [248]. 26 % of the initial capacitance was left after 500 cycles.

A SPE of PVDF-HFP with an IL and ceramic filler has been prepared and tested in an EDLC-device [249]. To PVDF-HFP dissolved in acetone an IL and various amounts of calcite (presumably obtained from blue mussel shells as reported by one of the authors elsewhere [250]) were added for improved mechanical stability and conductivity to obtain a SPE tested in EDLC-devices [251]. Under optimum conditions 18 % capacitance drop after 5000 cycles was observed.

To a solution of PVDF-HFP NH₄F as ion source and Al₂O₃ as a filler and to increase ionic conductivity were added, the obtained SPE was characterized and suggest for use in e.g. supercapacitors [252].

PVDF-HFP dissolved in acetone and mixed with the ionic liquid 1-butyl-3- methyl imidazolium tetrafluoroborate was spread over electrodes made of poly (3,4- ethylene di oxy thiophene) yielding after evaporation of the solvent and assembly a redox supercapacitor [253]. No separator was needed; the dissolved electrolyte could penetrate into the active mass providing an extended electrochemical interface. After an initial decrease of capacitance in the initial cycles the capacitance was almost stable for 10000 cycles. The authors reported a similar approach again with the same copolymer but a different IL 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tris(pentafluoroethyl) trifluorophosphate aimed at an EDLC-device with MWCNT-electrodes [254]. In the initial 1000 cycles about 20 % of the capacitance was lost, up to cycle 10000 the attained value stayed constant. PVDF-HFP14 dissolved together with EMIMBF₄ yielded a solid electrolyte [255]. According to the report the dry electrodes made from a graphene nanocomposite were pressed to these films without soaking the dry electrode with any liquid, whether the term iongel in one figure provides an explanation remains open. After 10000 cycles 85 % of the initial capacitance was left. Further studies using this SPE and the corresponding preparation procedures have been reported [256]. A SPE based on PVDF-HFP with an added IL has been modified with graphene nanosheets for enhanced ionic conductance [257]. The assembled EDLC-device kept 80 % of its initial capacitance after 2000 cycles. The same material with another IL in an EDLC-device kept 89 % of the initial capacitance after 10000 cycles [258]. A SPE based on PVDF-HFP with an added IL has been modified with graphene oxide and used in an EDLC-device keeping 80 % of its initial capacitance after 5000 cycles [259].

PVDF-HFP dissolved in tetrahydrofuran was mixed with a solution of LiTFSI in a mixed carbonate solvent yielded a GPE after evaporation of THF [260]. The assembled hybrid supercapacitor kept 95 % of the initial capacitance after 3500 cycles. Similar examples have been reported elsewhere [261]. To PVDF-HFP dissolved in NMP an IL and LiTFSI were added yielding a SPE for a hybrid supercapacitor [262]. 83 % of the initial capacitance was retained after 4000 cycles. PVDF-HFP was dissolved in DMF with some added graphene oxide for improved mechanical strength and an IL was added; a flexible GPE suitable for a 4.5 V cell voltage was obtained [263]. In a hybrid supercapacitor up to 75 % of the initial capacitance was still present. In a very similar approach GO was added for improved ionic conductivity [264]. The EDLC-device prepared with this SPE kept about 64 % of the initial capacitance after 5000 cycles. Further examples of SPEs based on this copolymer and other Ils have been studied but not applied in supercapacitors [265].

A SPE based on PVDF-HFP with Zn(Tf)₂, an IL and DMF has been proposed for a zinc-ion capacitor [266]. The mixture was soaked into the positive porous carbonaceous electrode; the zinc electrode was simply pressed onto this without a separator. The device kept 88 % of its initial capacitance after 10000 cycles.

A SPE based on PVDF-HFP (and certainly not on an IL as claimed by the authors although adding 300 wt.% suggests an unusual composition) with sodium thiocyanate15 has been suggested as a “futuristic approach” (!) for supercapacitor application [267]. A mixture of PVDF-HFP and zinc acetate was dissolved in DMF, the obtained SPE was tested in an EDLC-device, stability data were not reported [268].

A simple mixture of PVDF-HFP and fumed silica dissolved in acetone was used as SPE after solvent evaporation [269]. Elsewhere in the report an electrolyte of Et₄NBF₄ in acetonitrile is mentioned when this SPE membrane was used in a redox capacitor with PANI as active mass and 70 % capacitance retention after 5000 cycles. In a repetition of this work 76 % retention after 5000 cycles were found [270].

A mixture of PVDF-HFP and an IL dissolved in an acetone/DMF mixture was used for electrospinning to obtain a SPE16 [271].

The SPE-options starting with PVDF-HFP dissolved in e.g. acetone

PVDF-HFP and IL
PVDF-HFP and IL and electrolyte salt
PVDF-HFP and IL and salt and plasticizer

have been compared [272]. With all combinations severe capacitance losses were observed during 4000 cycles. The last combination provided the highest specific capacitance and 56 % retention.

A similar copolymer of PVDF and trifluoroethylene dissolved in DMF was used in an EDLC-device [273]. Apparently the cell was assembled with the electrolyte still rather liquid, a salt was not added and stability not examined.

PVDF-HFP was cross-linked with PAN yielding a membrane which was soaked in a solution of acetonitrile and MeEt₃NB₄ and used in an EDLC-device with 98 % capacitance retention after 50000 cycles [274].

To a solution of PVDF-HFP in acetone mixtures of various Ils with succinonitrile were added, after solvent evaporation a SPE was obtained [275]. Performance in a supercapacitor was not examined.

Solutions of PVDF-HFP, PMMA and NaSCN with various compositions were prepared to obtain a SPE membrane [276]. An EDLC-device prepared with a SPE of optimized composition showed about 10 % capacitance loss already after 600 cycles.

A stretchable EDLC-supercapacitor prepared with a SPE from PMMA and an IL kept 88 % of its initial capacitance after 1000 cycles [277]. Addition of KOH as ion source to PMMA also increased its amorphicity supporting conduction, an EDLC-device assembled with this SPE was not examined for stability [278].

PEO plasticized with propylene/ethylene carbonate and nanoclay and with tetraethyl ammonium tetrafluoroborate as ion source has been used as solid electrolyte in a hybrid supercapacitor with poly (3-methyl thio phene) as positive and activated carbon as negative electrode [279]. About 30 % of the initial capacitance was lost in 1000 cycles. PEO plasticized with aqueous KOH was also found to be compatible with an asymmetric supercapacitor with two different redox-active materials in the positive and the negative electrode with 97 % capacitance retention after 10000 cycles [280]. The same device showed poorer performance when a PVA-based or plain aqueous KOH-solution (see below) was used. A cross-linkable poly (ethylene oxide)-poly (propylene oxide)-poly (ethylene oxide) triblock copolymer shows high IL electrolyte solution uptake [281]. An EDLC-device kept 95 % of its initial capacitance after 10000 cycles. Sometimes the number of ingredients combined with PEO without providing any rational reason leaves open the question of the function of the additives and the proper assignment of the obtained electrolyte to any of the classes discussed in the present report; for an example see e.g. [282]. PVDF-HFP combined with tetraethyl ammonium tetrafluoroborate yielded a trans parent gel used as electrolyte in a self-charging supercapacitor with piezopolymer-containing electrodes for harvesting of mechanical energy [283]. To PVDF-HFP dissolved in DMF an IL EMITf and Al(Tf)₃ were added to yield a SPE for an EDLC-device showing 60 % capacitance retention after 50000 cycles [284]. When preparing a flexible device the carbonaceous electrodes were soaked with the still liquid electrolyte whereas for a coin-cell type device for unknown reasons this highly useful step (see sect. 3.7) apparently was omitted.

PVDF-HFP combined with poly (ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate and trimethylolpropane ethoxylate triacrylate yielded after radical polymerization a semi-interpenetrating network was subsequently soaked with a solution of lithium hexafluorophosphate in ethylene carbonate/dimethyl carbonate to form a GPE [285].

A hybrid zinc-ion capacitor with a SPE of PVDF-HFP initially dissolved in acetone (the description is rather disjointed) combined with NH₄TF in EMIMTF showed 20 % capacitance fading after 100 (!) cycles [21].

An example of a solid electrolyte of PAN (Figure 3.2.2) plasticized with ethylene and/or propylene carbonate has been reported, the material was designated a plasticized gel polymer electrolyte (GPE) supporting the concerns noted above [286]. A SPE based on PAN has been prepared by making a suspension of PAN and LiClO₄ in propylene carbonate for a redox supercapacitor with PANI as active masses and 90 % capacitance retention after 1000 cycles [287].

Figure 3.2.2. Polyacrylonitrile

In a comparison of three electrolyte systems: aqueous and nonaqueous solutions, and as a GPE a poly (acrylonitrile-polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane) in a redox supercapacitor with a negative activated carbon electrode and nanoribbons of Co₃O₄ as positive electrode the cell with the GPE performed best [288]. Stability was not reported. Research progress of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane as electrolyte materialhas been reviewed [289].

A solid electrolyte compatible with a redox-active electrode material based on PAN soaked (gelled) with an electrolyte solution of a mixture of ethylene and propylene carbonate and LiPF₆ has been studied [290]. Because structural flexibility of the molecular chains is essential for conduction crystallization of the SPE should be avoided. This can be supported by making copolymers or polymer blends. Typical conductivity values around 10^-3 S·cm^-2 have been collected [26]. Adding further materials, in particular nanoparticular inorganic ones like TiO₂, as fillers can further enhance conductivity. Handling of materials has been reviewed [26]. PAN mixed with sodium polystyrenesulfonate has been used as a SPE in an EDLC-device [291]. Properties of supercapacitors prepared with various polymers in gelled form have been compared [292]. Highest ionic conductivity was found with a PAN-based electrolyte, lowest with a PMMA-based one. The supercapacitor prepared with the latter electrolyte turned out to be more stable in terms of capacitance retention. A copolymer of polythyleneglycol (PEG) and PAN with dimethylformamide as plasticizer and LiClO₄ a solid electrolyte suitable for roll-to-roll manufacturing of an EDLC-device with only little capacitance decay after 30000 cycles has been developed [293]. Poly (ethylene glycol diacrylate) combined with further components yielded a SPE for microsupercapacitors with 94 % capacitance retention after 48000 cycles [294].

PEG alone was used to immobilize acetonitrile in supercapacitors [295].

Polyvinylalcohol (PVA, see Figure 3.2.3) can be dissolved in hot water, upon addition of e.g. a solution of KOH a gel is formed; depending upon water content the product may also be called a gel-like solution [296]. Structural studies of PVA-based gels with small angle X-ray scattering have been reported [297]. In addition to structural aspects dynamics of K⁺-ions in a PVA-SPE with added KSCN have been studied [298]. Electrochemical impedance studies of EDLC-devices with a PVA-KOH SPE with associated modeling have been reported [299].

Figure 3.2.3. Polyvinylalcohol

Further applications of PVA-KOH electrolytes have been reported [300,301,302,303,304,305,306,307,308,309,310,311,312]. In an asymmetric device with a negative electrode of activated carbon nanotubes and polypyrrole-coated Co(OH)₂ 89 % capacitance retention after 5000 cycles was achieved [313]. Although a report on the use of PVA in an EDLC-device left initially the impression, that PVA is the only electrolyte constituent with added TiO₂ nanoparticles as a filler and presumably an enhancer of mechanical strength [5]. Closer inspection reveals that KOH was added in the preparation procedure yielding an electrolyte membrane which was attached to the carbonaceous electrodes by hot pressing. Stability was not examined, evidence of the noticed porosity was not provided. PVA was combined with κ-carrageenan and KOH as ion source and cross-linking agent and used as a SPE in an EDLC-device with 95 % capacitance retention after 2000 cycles [314]. In a lengthy and sometimes incoherent report on an asymmetric redox supercapacitor use of a PVA-KOH SPE is sometimes claimed, elsewhere in abstract and conclusions a PVA-DMSO- EMIM-BF₄ SPE not further specified is claimed [315].

The combination of PVA and H₂SO₄ has been employed in a typical example of an EDLC-device using N-doped (by thermal treatment with added melamine) activated carbon derived from palm flowers [316]. The best-performing cell having carbon electrodes with intermediate nitrogen content provided 65 % capacitance retention after 50000 cycles. Reaction of the mixture of dissolved PVA and H₂SO₄ with glutaraldehyde yielded a SPE of significantly improved mechanical strength [317]17. In an earlier report this combination was already employed with glutaraldehyde added as a cross linking agent for improved mechanical stability [33]. Stability of the assembled EDLC-device was not studied. An EDLC-device was assembled with an electrolyte of PVA and H₃PO₄ with some KCl had 91 % capacitance retention after 3000 cycles [318].

An EDLC-device with a SPE made only of PVA and H₃PO₄ was tested for 335000 cycles without capacitance loss [319]. A solution of PVA and H₃PO₄ could be recrystallized by repeated freezing/unfreezing yielding a porous membrane used as SPE in an EDLC-device keeping a stable capacitance during 10000 cycles [320]. For further examples of this combination without specified crystallization see [321,322], other combinations of PVA with e.g. LiCl [323,324,325], LiClO₄ [326,327], Li₂SO₄ [328], NaCl [329,330,331], Na₂SO₄ [13,332,333], KSCN [334], K₂CO₃ [335], H₃PO₄ [336,337,338,339,340,341,342,343,344,345,346,347,348,349,350,351], borates/boric acid [352], or H₂SO₄ [337,353,354,355,356,357,358,359,360] have been suggested and studied. The influence of the molecular weight of PVA and the concentration of KCl on the actual ionic conductivity of a GPE has been studied, optimum parameters (i.e. a lower molecular weight is preferable) were communicated [361]. An EDLC-device with such optimized GPE kept 88 % of its initial capacitance after 5000 cycles. The influence of the added ion source on the perfomance of EDLC-cells assembled with PVA-based SPEs has been studied with KCl, NaCl and H₂SO₄ [362]. Highest capacitance was found with the acidic electrolyte. Unfortunately with this electrolyte the greatest capacitance loss of 15 % after 1000 cycles was recorded; with KCl the loss was 9 %, with NaCl no loss was found. The influence of added acid concentration on observed supercapacitor capacitances has been studied [363]. In case of sulfuric acid an optimum was found with 2 M concentration, at 3 M concentration leakage currents were very high. How a different nature of charge storage suggested in the report proceeds remains open. The effect(s) of an added surfactant to an SPE of PVA and ammonium acetate was studied by adding sodium dodecyl sulphate [364] at a concentration above the critical micelle concentration [365]. Improved performance of an EDLC-device assembled with this SPE was claimed, stability was not examined.

PVA with Li₂SO₄ as GPE has been tested in an EDLC-device keeping 92 % of its initial capacitance after 5000 cycles with optimum composition [366]. A PVA-based GPE with a concentration of LiCl high enough to form a Water-in-Salt system has been described [367]. The neutral pH enabled a rather high operating voltage (2.2 V), a single EDLC-electrode combined with this electrode kept 84 % of its initial capacitance after 20000 cycles; results for a full cell were not reported. With lithium acetate as ion source added to PVA a SPE was formed for an EDC-device showing 90 % capacitance retention after 8000 cycles. Addition of H₃BO₃ to a SPE of PVA and H₂SO₄ has been suggested without providing neither clear reason nor evident benefit [368]. PVA cross-linked with tannic acid and H₃PO₄ added as ion source yielded a SPE [369]. In a hybrid supercapacitor 95 % of the initial capacitance was still present after 1000 cycles.

In a study of PVA combined with H₂SO₄ a device with phase-change materials incorporated for thermal management was successfully examined [370]. Addition of h-BN nanosheets to a GPE of PVA combined with H₂SO₄ provided a major increase of ionic conductivity, an EDLC-device assembled with this GPE showed 99 % capacitance retention after 5000 cycles [371]. A PVA-H₂SO₄ gel electrolyte showing increased ionic conductivity after addition of 1 wt.% of hydroxyethylcellulose in an EDLC-device of unknown stability [372]. PVA-H₂SO₄ and PVA-H₃PO₄ without and with addition of hydroxyethyl-cellulose have been compared using an EDLC-device and vacuum infiltration of the electrolyte [373]. Electrochemical performance data were not reported.

A combination of PVA and H₃PO₄ suitable for ink jet printing has been developed and tested in a hybrid device showing a stable capacitance during the initial 1000 cycles [374]. Various SPEs including PVA and H₃PO₄, PEO plasticized with polyethylene glycol with added NaClO₄ and PMMA plasticized with ethylene and propylene carbonate and with added NaClO₄ have been compared with a redox supercapacitor using intrinsically conducting polymers as active masses [375]. As expected a rather small operating voltage was noticed for a symmetric electrode combination, stability data were not reported. A PVA and H₃PO₄ SPE has been prepared from standard materials, the function of diapers suggested as source presumably of PVA in the title did not become clear in the somewhat confused description [376]. The specific capacitance values of assembled EDLC-devices (with different PVA and H₃PO₄ ratios) depended wildly on the experimental methods without attracting the author’s attention, stability data were not reported.

A bilayer SPE based on PVA and LiCl was used to assemble a redox capacitor with low self-discharge [377,378,379]. For this purpose the still liquid SPE coated on the positive electrolyte and soaked into it contained poly (sodium 4-styrenesulfonate), on the negative electrode poly (diallyl di methyl ammonium chloride). When assembled the bilayer SPE significantly slowed down ion movement associated with self-discharge. The device kept 60 % of the initial capacitance after 2000 cycles. PVA combined with NaCl (this is presumably meant by food seasoning and table salt in the original report) has been tested in an EDLC-device with graphene-based electrodes [380]. 87 % of the initial capacitance was left after 8000 cycles. A SPE based on PVA and NaCl with added glycerol was applied to an EDLC-device by pouring the solution before solidification on the carbon electrodes (presumably for better penetration of the electrolyte into the electrode) yielding a device with 90 % capacitance retention after 2500 cycles with a wide operating temperature range [381]. PVA with Li₂SO₄ and an IL was suggested as an “innovative” electrolyte for an EDLC-device showing 88 % capacitance retention after 10000 cycles [382]. The same combination has been studied elsewhere in an EDLC-device with 90 % capacitance retention after 3000 cycles [383]. A GPE prepared by adding an IL to a solution of PVA and ammonium acetate18 was used in an EDLC-device with stability not examined [384]. A SPE of PVA with ammonium acetate as ion source and an added IL was tested in an EDLC-device keeping 67 % of its initial capacitance after 500 cycles [385]. In a highly confusing report on an EDLC-device with a SPE of PVA with chitosan, sodium acetate as ion source and glyerol as plasticizer has been tested in an EDLC-device with almost constant capcitance during 500 (!) cycles [386]. The connection to the “MP issue” (presumably the occurrence of plastic microparticles in the environment) is nowhere addressed in the report beyond the abstract.

SPEs prepared from PVA19, ethylene carbonate, KI and various Ils have been compared [387]. Highest capacitance was observed with 1-ethyl-3-methyl imidazolium tetrafluoroborate, with this IL 88 % of the initial capacitance were retained after 3000 cycles.

A blend of PVA and chitosan plasticized with ethylene carbonate and with lithium acetate as ion source has been used in an EDLC-device showing around 20 % capacitance loss after 1500 cycles [388]. PVA combined with phosphoric acid and an ionic liquid (1-ethyl-3-methyl imi dazolium tetra fluoro borate) has been used in a supercapacitor with activated carbon electrodes [389]. By treatment with nitric acid additional surface functionalities have been created on the carbon. This added redox reactions as further storage mode to the EDLC-type charge storage. The redox reaction attributed to the ionic liquid is unknown and not specified. Capacitance retention was poor and got worse with growing content of the ionic liquid (The reported numbers are mysterious).

PVA combined with magnesium triflate and an IL has been tested as SPE in an EDLC-device showing a slight increase of capacitance during 1000 cycles possibly due to a decreasing internal resistance [390]. With a wider window of operating cell voltage (2 V instead of 0.85 V) retention decreased to 68 after the same number of cycles. These authors repeated this study using sodium triflate instead, again a slight capacitance increase after 1000 cycles was observed [391].

A combination of PVA and an IL into a SPE showed 60 % capacitance retention after 6000 cycles [392]. Such combination has been studied with respect to relationships between composition and ionic conductivity and mechanical properties; a SPE with optimum composition was tested in an EDLC-device [393]. SPEs of PVA combined with various Ils have been examined with respect to possible use in printed supercapacitors [394]. A device with optimal combination kept 85 % after 2000 cycles. To PVA with ammonium acetate as ion source various fractions of an IL have been added yielding a SPE tested in an EDLC-device showing 11 % capacitance loss after only 250 cycles [40].

Elsewhere instead of an IL multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs20) have been added to a mixture of PVA and NH₄CH₃COO yielding a SPE suggested for use in supercapacitors [395].

A SPE from PVA with a deep eutectic solvent and hydroxylated boron nitride nanosheets was tested in an EDLC-device showing 96 % capacitance retention after 1500 cycles [396].

Combinations of PVA with hetero polyacids have been prepared and tested as solid electrolytes [397]. PVA mixed with phosphomolybdic acid has been used as a SPE in a hybrid supercapacitor of unknown stability [398]. PVA borate can be electrodeposited yielding immediately a good electrolyte/electrode contact, in addition an increased cell voltage up to 2 V (and even higher) did not cause electrolyte decomposition [399]. Because of the possible higher cell voltages energy densities increased, too. Up to 89 % capacitance retention after 5000 cycles is only slightly poorer than corresponding results with liquid electrolyte solutions.

The relatively low ionic conductivity of PVA-based GPE’s has been attributed to its high crystallinity. This can be disrupted by forming hydrogen bonds with e.g. added agarose, a natural macromolecule [400]. Possibly addition of a plasticizer glycerol to a SPE of PVA and KSCN aimed at the same result [334]. The respective EDLC-device had fluctuating specific capacitance values along 380 cycles. Towards an electrolyte improving electrode material utilization to an aqueous solution of PVA with some added sulfuric acid as a gelator 3-hydroxy-4-phenyl-3-cyclobutene-1,2-dione (Figure 3.2.4) also dissolved in an aqueous solution of sulfuric acid was added, a SPE was obtained after solvent evaporation [401]. The assembled EDLC-device showed a stable capacitance during 10000 cycles; the performance was constant up to 250 μm electrode thickness.

Figure 3.2.4. 3-hydroxy-4-phenyl-3-cyclobutene-1,2-dione

A blend of PVA and sodium polyacrylate with KOH as ion source has been used in a hybrid supercapacitor [402]. Specific capacitance as well as capacitance retention during 1000 cycles strongly depended on the mass ratio of the positive Ni(OH)₂ and negative activated carbon electrode, generally a poor stability of the Ni(OH)₂-electrode was noticed.

Overviews of PVA-based SPEs are available [403,404].

Solid electrolytes based on poly (methyl methacrylate) (Figure 3.2.5) profit from several advantages of this polymer including simple synthesis, low density, mechanical stability, weak binding to ions of added electrolyte and high charge carrier mobility; they suffer from low ionic conductivity. Application of plain PMMA is difficult because its brittleness prevents good contact with an electrode. Thus, various modifications of PMMA have been examined for remediating this flaw and to improve ionic conductivity, overviews are available [405,406]. Initial attempts including copolymerization, addition of plasticizers or organic fillers, and copolymerization did not yield significant progress or failed entirely [407]. Combination with ionic liquids provides some moderate improvements. PMMA-based electrolytes have been reviewed [408]. To a solution of LiTFSI in adiponitrile and succinonitrile poly (methyl methacrylate) was added; the obtained SPE was tested in a hybrid supercapacitor keeping 88 % of its initial capacitance after 5000 cycles [409]. A SPE of poly (methyl methacrylate), tetrabutylammonium tetrafluoroborate and acetonitrile has been tested in a redox supercapacitor with stability data provided only for single electrodes [410].

A SPE of poly (methyl methacrylate) grafted natural rubber with ammonium triflate as ion source plasticized with ethylene carbonate has been tested in an EDLC-device [411]. Stability data were not reported.

A polymer prepared from glycerylmonomethacrylate with phenylboronic acid has been prepared (why the product was called boron-doped remains unclear) has been combined with DMF and LiClO₄ into a gel polymer electrolyte [412]. An EDLC-device with this electrolyte kept 90 % of its initial capacitance after 3000 cycles. A SPE of photopolymerized glycidyl methacrylate dissolved in DMF with added LiClO₄ as ion source and hierarchical porous carbon microspheres added for wider voltage window and improved heat resistance was tested in a hybrid supercapacitor keeping 92 % of its initial capacitance after 5000 cycles [413].

Figure 3.2.5. Poly (methyl methacrylate)

A related monomer 2-hydroxy-3-phenoxypropylacrylate was UV-light polymerized in the presence propylene carbonate and LiClO₄ yielding a gel polymer electrolyte [414]. Because polymerization was performed after soaking this solution into the porous activated carbon electrode body a good interfacial electrode/electrolyte contact was established, but nevertheless a separator was needed in device assembly. 81 % of the initial capacitance was retained after 9000 cycles suggesting a stable interfacial contact.

Polyethylene glycol diacrylate combined with an ionic liquid EMIMTFSI and LiTFSI yielded a solid electrolyte named “ionic-gel polymer electrolyte” (IGPEs) used for an EDLC-device with 86 % capacitance retention after 10000 cycles [415].

Poly (ethylene glycol) dimethacrylate was polymerized in a mixture with acetonitrile and an ionic liquid after soaking into a cellulose separator [416]. In an EDLC-device 20 % of the initial capacitance were lost after 10000 cycles.

An acrylate rubber not specified more closely soaked in a solution of tetraethylammonium tetrafluoroborate in acetonitrile served as electrolyte in a redox supercapacitor with polyaniline electrodes keeping 88 % of its initial capacitance after 10000 cycles [417]. The electrodes were soaked with the electrolyte solution before assembly.

A solid electrolyte (ormolyte) has been prepared by a sol-gel process starting with tetraethoxy orthosilicate and tetraethylene glycol combined with various magnesium salts [418]. An EDLC-device could be cycled more than 1000 times.

A flexible copolymer film of vinyl acetate and 1-ethyl-3-vinylimidazolium cations (a polycation) with the bromide anion serving as main conductor and a vinyl chain as molecular backbone and a wide electrode potential window of electrochemical stability has been prepared [419]. The prepared EDLC-type supercapacitor kept 90 % of its initial capacitance after 5000 cycles. The performance was attributed in part to an electrolyte-electrode interface utilizing the flexibility of the electrolyte supporting fast charge transfer. Polymer electrolytes as widely employed in lithium-ion batteries are ion-conducting polymeric materials solid at room temperature [420]. Because their ionic conductivity is relatively low, they are at first glance of small interest for supercapacitor application. Their flexibility, bendability and stretchability depending on the polymer itself and – when applicable – added further ingredients make them nevertheless candidate materials worth further examination [421], more examples of solid electrolytes as applied in flexible, wearable etc. supercapacitors can be found in [422]. The importance of flexible semi-solid or solid electrolytes has been highlighted in an overview [423]. Blends of PILTFSI with various ILs suggested as solid polymer electrolytes for EDLC-type devices have been compared [424]. Differences in terms of actual conductivity and electrochemical stability window were noticed and attributed to properties of the added IL.

A free-standing electrolyte film was prepared from a mixture of a partially fluorinated, microphase-separated comb copolymer of superhydrophobic poly (2,2,2-tri fluoro ethyl methacrylate) and amphiphilic crystalline poly (ethylene glycol) behenyl ether methacrylate with an ionic liquid [EMIM][TFSI] acting also as separator [425]. An EDLC-type supercapacitor outperformed a corresponding cell made with a PVA-based gel electrolyte. A similar approach with different starting materials has been reported [426]. These authors reported on a further copolymer poly(styrene- b-buta diene-b-sty rene)-g-poly(ethylene glycol) behenyl ether dissolved in THF and mixed with an IL [427]. The mixture was cast on an EDLC-type electrode, two electrodes were assembled into a supercapacitor without a separator showing 87 % capacitance retention after 5000 cycles.

A flexible solid-state EDLC-type supercapacitor capable of withstanding elevated temperatures (120 °C) based on a solid electrolyte of a poly (aryl ether ketone)-poly (ethy lene glycol) copolymer has been reported [428]. Negligible capacitance losses after 2000 cycles were found.

Polymer electrolytes inspected so far are mixtures of various solid and/or liquid materials; to date, no single-phase single material has apparently been studied successfully as an electrolyte for a supercapacitor. In a review of polymer blend nanocomposites as applied in energy storage devices including supercapacitors nanocomposites for the latter application cannot be found [429].

Polybenzimidazole (PBI, see Figure 3.2.6) has been suggested as a SPE apparently without any further modification; just a thin film was found to be sufficient even without an additional separator [430]. Sufficient interfacial electrode/electrolyte contact was established by soaking the electrodes with a solution of PBI in dimethylacetamide before assembly. Only at the very end of the report soaking of the whole device with an aqueous solution of KOH is mentioned! This SPE has been used in a study with a hybrid supercapacitor using a positive layered double hydroxide electrode and a negative activated carbon electrode providing 93 % capacitance retention after 10000 cycles [431]. Films of PBI were coated onto carbonaceous electrodes, the assembled device was soaked in either aquoues KOH or H₃PO₄ [432]. Along 10000 cycles with the former electrode a capacitance loss of 7 % was found, with the latter electrolyte a growth of about 25 % was noticed.

A porous film of PBI was soaked with an IL (1-(3-trimethoxy silyl propyl)-3-methyl imidazolium chloride) [433]. The subsequent hydrolyzation of the latter resulted in the formation of an -O-Si-O-network improving the mechanical stability of the film, increase water uptake and ionic conductivity. An all solid state EDLC-supercapacitor kept 91 % of its initial capacitance after 10000 cycles.

Figure 3.2.6. Polybenzimidazole

A film of PBI soaked with an aqueous solution of KOH (the authors called this “doped” for unknown reasons) has been has been used as solid electrolyte in an asymmetric supercapacitor combining an activated carbon negative and a Ni(OH)₂ positive electrode [434]. Cycling stability and capacitance retention were found to be disappointing. Said “doping” was repeated by the same authors towards a hybrid supercapacitor with a layered double Ni-Co hydroxide showing 95 % capacitance retention after 5000 cycles [435]. PBI soaked with H₃PO₄ (the term appears to be somewhat misleading) has been used as SPE in an EDLC-device keeping 80 % of its initial capacitance after 1000 cycles [436].

A porous film of PBI was soaked with an IL which was subsequently hydrolyzed improving the mechanical properties of the film [437]. An EDLC supercapacitor with this SPE kept 91 % of its initial capacitance after 10000 cycles.

A microporous membrane of poly (ethylene glycol)–grafted poly (arylene ether ketone) filled with a chitosan-based aqueous LiClO₄ gel electrolyte was examined in an EDLC-device [438]. Capacitance was stable along 5000 cycles. Polymer electrolytes based on algae polysaccharides as promising alternatives to conventional synthetic materials have been reviewed [439]. A porous lignocellulose membrane prepared from natural raw material showed remarkable uptake of aqueous KOH-solution when subsequently used as electrolyte in an EDLC-device with 92.5 % capacitance retention after 10000 cycles [440].

Polyvinylpyrrolidone PVP (Figure 3.2.7) with NH₄I as ion source and ethylene carbonate as plasticizer has been prepared and characterized, its application as SPE in an EDLC-device yielded an inconsistent cyclic voltammogram some inconclusive impedance data [441]. Into a blend of PVA and PVP the IL 1-ethyl-3-me thyl imida zolium hydrogen sulfate (EMIHSO₄) has been immobilized; the obtained film was used in an asymmetric supercapacitor showing stable capacitance for 1000 cycles [442].

Figure 3.2.7. Polyvinylpyrrolidone

The dual use option of PVP as binder and solid electrolyte (with added phosphoric acid) combined with its biodegradability as an environmental advantage has been highlighted in a study of an EDLC device using rGO obtained by recycling used graphite from expired batteries [443]. Although the recycled electrode material was claimed as being equivalent in terms of performance to freshly prepared rGO the capacitance retention of 97 % after only 2000 cycles leaves room for improvement for an EDLC device. Vinylpyrrolidone polymerized in the presence of an IL yielded a SPE tested subsequently in an EDLC-device with stability not reported [407]. PVP was cross-linked with polyacrylamide and combined with H₃PO₄ yielding a SPE for an EDLC-device showing 86 % capacitance retention after 5000 cycles [444]. A blend of PVP and PVA with an optimized amount of added KI has been studied as SPE in a DSSC and a supercapacitor with unknown stability [445].

Poly (N-vinyl imidazole) deposited from its solution with KOH was tested as electrolyte for a microsupercapacitor [446]. From the highly fragmentary description it can be deduced that an EDLC-device with carbon electrodes was manufactured and tested although the GCD-curves suggest otherwise. Nothing is reported on stability; suddenly appearing claims about capacitance retention in the conclusions are contradictory.

A polyacrylamide-based hydrogel electrolyte sheet suitable for operation even at T = -35 °C was coated with polyaniline on both sides [447]. The supercapacitor thus created kept 86 % of its initial capacitance after 5000 cycles. A PAM-based SPE with Li₂SO₄ as ion source has been tested in an EDLC-device with very small capacitance loss during 5000 cycles [448]. Improved electrode-electrolyte interaction was achieved by casting the electrolyte “precursor solution” onto the electrode. A hydrogel of polyacrylamide with clay as cross-linker has been tested in an EDLC-device with capacitance retention not reported [449]. Polymerization of acrylamide in the presence of xanthan yielded a less crystalline und thus better ion-conducting solid; with added lithium acetate a SPE for an EDLC-device was obtained showing 82 % capacitance retention after 10000 cycles [450].

A self-healing zwitterion-containing polyelectrolyte hydrogel has been prepared by copolymerization of acrylamide, zwitterionic sulfobetaine methacrylate, and 2-acryl amido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid (AMPS) has been used in an EDLC-device with 97 % capacitance retention after 1000 cycles [451]. A zwitterionic semi-interpenetrating polymeric hydrogel was prepared from sulfobetaine methacrylate and further constituents with NaClO₄ as ion source yielding a SPE for an EDLC-device with 98 % capacitance retention after 5000 cycles [452].

A blend of chitosan and dextran with wild honey as plasticizer and a major weight fraction of NH₄SCN as ion source has been studied as SPE [453]. Rheological properties of GPEs based on chitin and ionic liquids have been reported [454]. SPEs based on chitin and an IL or cellulose, an IL and DMF have been prepared and tested (presumably, no details are provided) in an EDLC-device keeping about 80 % of the initial capacitance after 10000 cycles [455].

To an aqueous solution of dextran NH₄NO₃ as ion source and glycerol (presumably as plasticizer if that was meant by the author’s term “Glycerolized”) were added yielding a SPE tested in an EDLC-cell keeping its energy density during 1000 cycles with some fluctuations [456].

A betain-based zwitterionic polymer electrolyte with added betaine-functionalized graphene oxide particles has been prepared and tested in an EDLC-device showing a stable capacitance during 5000 cycles [457].

3.4. Polymerized Ionic Liquids

Ionic liquids (IL) form a class of ionically conducting materials also of interest for use in supercapacitors [2]. At least those liquid at typical operating temperatures of a supercapacitor, i.e. room temperature ionic liquids RTIL, face the same problems and concerns valid for electrolyte solutions. Thus ILs which can be polymerized have attracted attention as conceivable candidate materials. An early comparison of ionic conduction in such polymers and in mixtures of ILs taking into account molecular details of the polymers and conceivable effect on conduction has been reported [480]. Overviews for IL in GPEs are available [481,482,483], further general aspects have been discussed [484,485]. The increase of ionic conductivity of SPEs by incorporation of Ils has been considered in [486].

A classification of polyionic liquids (PILs) defined as a class of solid polyelectrolytes based on polymerized ionic liquid molecules into polycationic, polyanionic and poly zwitterion ones has been proposed [487]. In the first group polymers based on cations of established ionic liquids with a corresponding wide variation of encountered polymers. In the second group there is less variation as already known from ionic liquids with a much smaller number of anions. 1,2,3-triazolium-based PILs (with a further acronym TPILs) have been examined more closely [487]. Figure 3.4.1 illustrates the basic options with the IL-unit being part of the polymer chain (a) and the Il-unit attached to a polymer backbone (b). On overview on PILs is available [488], the charge transport mechanism in PILs has been studied in detail [489].

Figure 3.4.1. Structural options of PILs.

A PIL (poly (1-vinyl-3-propylimidazolium) bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide) has been combined with an IL by dissolving the PIL in acetone first with subsequent addition of the selected IL yielding a SPE [490]. This solution was dropped onto the carbonaceous electrodes of the intended EDLC-device first for better electrode/electrolyte contact, from a displayed figure not discussed in the report a capacitance retention of about 76 % after 5000 cycles can be derived. A PIL, namely poly (diallyldimethylammonium) bis(tri fluoro methane sulfonyl)imide, has been combined with several different ILs for a study of the influence of IL properties like ionic conductivity and electrochemical stability on EDLC-device performance [491]. Several optimum combinations could be identified. The influence of ions in IL/PILs on device properties has been studied [492]. Self-healable PILs have been studied [493]. Radiation-induced copolymerization of an IL with octavinyl polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane followed by addition of LiPF₆ yielding a SPE has been reported [494]. Stability of the device formed therewith was not examined.

A copolymer of an IL with PMMA has been prepared and blended with PVDF-HFP and tried in an EDLC-device showing 80 % capacitance retention after 2000 cycles [495]. An overview of ILs in SPE is available [496]. Radiation-induced polymerization of a mixture of 1-vinyl-3-ethylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate and ethylene glycol diacrylate with added Ti₃C₂T_x yielded a GPE for an EDLC-device with less capacitance retention (according to displayed data) than the 93 % claimed in the text after 300 cycles [497]. A combination of pyrrolidinium-based PI and corresponding IL was used as SPE in an EDLC-device with unknown stability [498].

A PIL containing an IL and modified with 2D silica nanoplates for enhanced ionic conduction has been prepared [499].

3.3. Ion Exchange Polymers as Electrolytes in Supercapacitors

Attachment of ionogenic functional groups like carboxylic or sulfonic acid groups to polymeric materials not supporting ion movement themselves (these true ion conductors have been discussed above in sec. 3.1) yielded ion-conducting polymers actually behaving like ion-exchange materials. These materials frequently called SPE (a slightly unwelcome narrowing of the much broader term) have been quite successful in fuel cell and water electrolysis technology. A typical example perfluorinated polyethylene (polytetrafluoroethylene PTFE) substituted partially with sulfonate ionogenic groups is shown in Figure 3.3.1.

Figure 3.3.1. Molecular structure of sulfonated perfluorocarbon polymer polytetrafluoroethylene PTFE.

The sulfonic groups can release protons providing ionic conduction, they stay in place and provide sites for moving protons to jump at and to jump off again [458]. This mechanism of conduction closely resembling the Grotthus transport mechanism responsible for the extra-high ionic conductivity [459] is just one option. A second one is transport of protons using e.g. water molecules as a vehicle (i.e. H₃O⁺-species) in a diffusion like manner requiring particular levels of humidity; a third option is proton transfer based on chain segment motion enabling proton transfer. The use of ion conductor polymers, both cation- and anion-conducting, in supercapacitors has been studied extensively [460]. A Nafion^®-membrane was used in a supercapacitor with Keggin-type heteropolyacids and RuO₂ as electrode materials [461]. The electrodes were wetted with a minimum amount of aqueous 5.3 M H₂SO₄ before they were pressed on both sides of the membrane. The stability of the capacitance along 80 (!) cycles was called excellent. Nafion^® as well as Aquivion^® CEMs were used with electrodes soaked with an aqueous solution of 1 M Na₂SO₄ for improved electrode/electrolyte contact (see also sect. 3.6) [462]. Application of an Aquivion^®21 CEM in a hybrid supercapacitor with unknown stability has been reported [463]. These authors reported for this system in another study again no stability [464]. In a further study the authors reported stable capacitance values along 10000 cycles [465].

Various types of Nafion^® were tested in EDLC-device prepared by a simple lamination technique [466]. Stability was not examined. A rather mysterious organic electrolyte designated as “ionic polymer metal composite” turned out on closer inspection as a Nafion^® membrane casted from its solution subsequently soaked ina platinum (!) salt solution, it was used with a carbonate-based electrolyte solution of LiPF6 in an EDLC-device with unknown stability [467]. The incoprorated platinum nanoparticles increased ionic conductivity of the membrane, which actually may be called more precisely a separator. A SPE of solution-cast Nafion^® was used in an EDLC-device showing only a few percent capacitance loss during 1000 cycles [468]. Using the Nafion^® solution (i.e. using Nafion^®-functionalized carbonaceous material) also as a binder in the electrode greatly helped in achieving this performance, without the capacitance decreased quickly with cycling. Spray-coating a dispersion of multiwalled carbon nanotubes in aqueous diluted sulfuric acid yielded an EDLC-device [469]. Power density decreased by 12 % after 2000 cycles, further stability data were not reported.

The ion conductivity of various types of Nafion^® has been reported [470]; for a comparison of conductivity data of Nafion^® 117 and a structurally related CEM see [471].

Overviews on application of these SPE’s in supercapacitors are available [472]. Depending on the identity of the ionogenic groups the polymers will be cation-conductors with anionic groups attached to the polymer backbone and will behave like a cation-exchange polymer (CEM) or anion-conductors behaving like an anion-exchange polymer (AEM). The development of the former class of materials has moved much farther than that of the latter. Corresponding reviews covering selected topics are available; proton-conducting materials in particular have been treated in [458].

Drawbacks – beyond the high price – of the use of these materials related to the acidic character of this membrane have been known for a long time in fuel cell research. With respect to supercapacitors interest in alkaline ion exchange membranes has resulted in achievements reviewed together with those of alkaline (OH^--conducting) solid polymer electrolytes [473]. A presumably more common, most likely fundamental, problem is establishment of a sufficiently close contact between a solid electrolyte and a solid highly porous electrode. This contact is essential because only at these places of contact charge transfer (in case of redox supercapacitors) and/or ion accumulation and dissipation (in case of EDLC devices) will happen. With a smooth electrode (e.g. a lithium metal foil) this will not be a problem. When liquid electrolyte (solution) is used the problem also does not appear because the liquid will penetrate into the porous body. To overcome this problem of poor electrolyte/electrode contact Nafion^® ionomer was mixed with the RuO₂ electrode material used as active material for a redox capacitor. For a typical example with a commercial Nafion^®-membrane as solid electrolyte see [474]. A similar approach with activated carbon as electrode material yielding an EDLC-device has been described later [475,476,477]. Data on stability were not reported. According to the experimental details reported this wetting step was not applied when preparing a hybrid device with a positive MnO₂ electrode, nevertheless only 5 % capacitance loss after 10000 cycles were reported [478]. With Nafion^®-membrane ion-exchanged with Na₂SO₄ in such a device the initial capacitance showed an increase of 6 % after 2500 cycles [479].

The use of fluorinated organic compounds is meeting growing environmental concerns focused on various steps of their lifecycle in particular during synthesis and disposal when reaching the end of their useful lifetime. Thus research efforts have been directed at replacements without fluorine. Further noticed flaws, in particular the need to keep these materials in a specific state of hydration needed for sufficiently fast ion movement, were another driving force. Most of the proposed alternatives start with a hydrocarbon backbone containing benzene and/or heteroaromatic repeat units with suitable substituents providing the required ionogenic functionalities. For an overview see [458].

3.5. Approaches towards Improved Electrolyte/Electrolyte Interfaces

A fundamental problem always encountered with solid electrolytes and porous electrodes is the establishment of a stable and sufficiently extended electrode/electrolyte interface. Because the actually available capacitance and thus storage capability of a supercapacitor depends on the extent of the interface area a maximum surface area and utilization of the electrode surface are of utmost importance. With liquid electrolytes and sufficient wetting good utilization is almost natural, sometimes a few charge/discharge cycles are needed to establish full contact and wetting after assembly of a supercapacitor [364].

With solid electrolytes the situation changes completely. Smooth electrodes like lithium metal foils can perhaps be brought into contact with a solid electrolyte by gentle pressing, for a porous electrode this approach appears to be rather useless. High pressure may destroy the porosity; in addition penetration of the electrolyte into the porous structures seems to be highly unlikely. Nevertheless attempts to apply only mechanical force by e.g. using a roller press to laminate the nickel foam-based activated carbon electrodes with the GPE [500]. The device thus obtained kept 94 % after 10000 cycles. Various options strongly depending on the type of electrolyte have been tried; sometimes they can only be deduced from the experimental descriptions:

The dissolved electrolyte (polymer(s), plasticizer, electrolyte salt) is coated onto the porous electrode, before/after drying electrodes are assembled with/without additional separator. Typical examples: copolymer electrolyte [119], polymer-ionic liquid mixtures [253]. Or – the other way around – the electrodes are soaked in the still liquid SPE, for typical examples see [323,354].
In a somewhat similar procedure some electrolytes can be electrodeposited directly on the electrode providing immediately good interfacial contact [399] or can be formed by UV-light polymerization of the reactant solution soaked into the electrode [414].
The electrodes are soaked with a solvent, possible the same also used in preparation of the electrolyte; the wet electrodes are joined with the electrolyte. Transfer of ions from the electrolyte into the solvent filling the porous electrode body proceeds. Typical example: dimethylacetamide [115].
The electrodes are soaked with monomers (mostly in suitable solvents) of the electrolyte polymer, these mono- or oligomers can even act as binders for the active electrode material. Upon assembly of the electrodes with the polymer electrolyte a continuous transition from the polymer in the electrolyte to the monomer in the electrolyte is established. Typical example: RuO₂ and Nafion^® [474].
A liquid mixture containing SPE precursors, i.e. monomers, is soaked into the porous electrodes and subsequently polymerization is done in situ. Examples: Zinc-ion capacitor [501], see also [448].
In a similar approach with GPEs the porous electrodes are immersed into the still rather liquid electrolyte mixture. Typical example: PVA with Li₂SO₄ in an EDLC-de vice [366].
The liquid part of e.g. a gel electrolyte, in most cases a solvent and a salt, is soaked into the porous electrode before device assembly. Typical examples: [412,417,462].
Direct deposition of the electrode material on the SPE film. Typical examples: [317,502]. In the latter example ultra long CNTs were directly deposited from the gas phase aiming at a transparent supercapacitor showing finally 94 % capacitance retention after 20000 cycles.

Another approach towards improved interfacial contact by forming an ionogel in situ during device preparation has been proposed [503]. Poly (vinylidene fluoride- co-hexa fluoropro pylene) dissolved in DMF with an added IL and Al(Tf)₃ yielded a gel-like solid electrolyte [504]. An EDLC-device prepared with the electrodes soaked first with the polymer solution before assembly showed a very stable capacitance for 50000 cycles.

An EDLC-supercapacitor prepared with a freestanding film of a mixed polymer subsequently soaked with an acetonitrile-based electrolyte solution kept 85 % of its initial capacitance after 5000 cycles [505]. With some of the polymer used for film preparation dissolved in the electrolyte solution an even better performing device was obtained; solvent evaporation was significantly diminished at an only slightly reduced capacitance.

A different approach with insertion of a thin layer (450 nm) based on porous TiO₂ sprayed on the SPE has been proposed [506]. In a redox supercapacitor substantial capacitance increase was found. Improved performance was attributed to decreased interfacial resistance and enhanced ion transfer.

The problem of establishing an adequate electrode/electrolyte interface with GPEs in supercapacitors has been addresses as early as in 1998 [49].

3.6. Gel22 Polymer Electrolytes

Plasticized SPE’s created by treating a polymer (whether it is considered as a SPE or just a polymer perhaps even used as a binder for active masses in an electrode hardly matters) with a suitable liquid yielding a “gel like” electrolyte have sometimes been called gelled polymer electrolytes, they have been presented above in sect. 3.2. In reports about electrolytes for supercapacitors sometimes materials obtained by a different procedure starting from a liquid electrolyte or electrolyte solution as already indicated above: A gelling agent is added to the liquid. In case the gelling agent is a polymer the result will be treated in this section, for other examples with different non-polymeric gelling agents see [2].

In a typical example agarose is used as a gelling agent with an aqueous solution of NaCl [507]. In a redox supercapacitor 80 % capacitance retention after 1200 cycles were noticed. Cell assembly was not described, possibly the rather high liquid content in the GPE supported penetration of some electrolyte solution into the porous electrode body. A GPE based on agarose with lithium acetate as ion source and added graphene oxide has been prepared [508]. An EDLC-device with this GPE kept 91 % of its initial capacitance after 4800 cycles.

The poor ionic conductivity of PAN can be improved significantly by gelling with organic solvents. A variety of mixtures of common organic solvents with LiClO₄ as electrolyte has been used for this purpose, results have been compared; performance data reached those of supercapacitors with liquid electrolyte solutions [196].

A bioinspired gel soaked with a highly concentrated solution of LiTFSI has been suggested as electrolyte for an EDLC-device operating also at temperatures down to T = - 77 °C with 94 % capacitance retention after 10000 cycles [509]. Fitting wetting behavior was claimed to ensure penetration of the gel into the porous electrode body.

The role of GPEs has been studied in more detail, results reveal binder-like contributions towards device integrity and ion reservoir contributions in particular inside electrode pores [510]. The latter effect contributes to high rate capability.

A flame-resistant gel electrolyte prepared from chitosan, sodium borate and levulinic acid provided 86 % capacitance retention after 50000 cycles in an EDLC-device [511]. A self-healing GPE based on chitosan cross-linked with a further macromolecule has been tested in an EDLC-device showing 80 % capacitance retention after 10000 cycles [512].

With a gelatin-based (and not acetate-based as claimed in the title) SPE with glycerol as plasticizer and sodium acetate as ion source an EDLC-device showing 39 % capacitance loss in 50000 was assembled [513]. Fish skin-derived gelatin combined and used in a device somewhat mysteriously designated as “non-Faradaic-based” with 70 % capacitance retention after 150 cycles [514]. Gelatin with added glycerol as plasticizer and NaCl as ion source has been tested in an EDLC-device showing a stable capacitance along 12000 cycles with electrodes with chitosan as binder and only minor contributions to charge storage by redox reactions [515]. Chitosan-enforced gelatin yielded a SPE which subsequently soaked in an aqueous solution of (NH₄)₂SO₄ and NH₄Cl was used in an EDLC-device with 81 % capacitance retention after 2000 cycles [516]. The SPE showed remarkable fire retardancy and low temperature performance.

Glutaraldehyde-cross linked corn starch with NaClO₄ has been used as a GPE in an EDLC-device showing stable capacitance along 100 (!) cycles [517]. Corn starch was used without crosslinking but with lithium acetate and added TiO₂ nanoparticles for reduced crystallization as GPE with unknown stability of a device assembled with it [518]. A SPE of corn starch with NaCl as ion source and an added IL has been suggested for an EDLC-device [519]. SPEs based on corn starch with an added IL have been studied in “dual energy devices” yielding rather incoherent results [520]. The influence of the anion of the IL added to a corn starch-based SPE with LiPF₆ as ion source has been examined, apparently the finally observed ionic conductivity of the SPE was of interest [521]. Although hexfluorophopshate ions were introduced with LiPF₆ in both cases the EDLC-device with a triflate-containing IL showed somewhat confusingly a much better stability of the recorded capacitance.

Cellulose nanofibers23 soaked with H₂SO₄ yielded a SPE, the prepared supercapacitors showed at best a capacitance retention of 75 % after 5000 cycles [522].

A natural DNA-based SPE with LiCl as ion source used in an EDLC-device enabled capacitance retentions up to 94 % after 200000 cycles [523].

A comparison of the electrochemical performance of various supercapacitors with several GPEs/SPEs has been reported, in the selected cases a SPE based on PEO/NaOH performed best [524].

3.7. Polymer Electrolytes with Added Redox Systems

For added storage capability of supercapacitors the addition of reversible redox systems to the electrolyte (solution) has been proposed and studied extensively [2]. For efficient utilization of the added charge carriers they have to move towards the electrode and away from it freely, this apparently does not recommend the used of solid polymers. On the other hand excessive mobility of these charge carriers resulting in self-discharge [31] in the worst case by some shuttle effect between the electrodes is slowed down by such polymer electrolyte. The use of redox materials incorporated into the electrodes e.g. as a composite is somehow related depending on the solubility of the added redox material. In case of completely insoluble materials the electrode is just a redox electrode. Some examples will be presented below to illustrate the options and highlight the some what blurred separation between the two possibilities. Apparently designation of such electrolytes (whether liquid or SPE apparently does not make a difference, confusion reigns everywhere) is a matter of confusion. Presumably a statement as preferred in this report “a SPE with added redox system” is most reasonable whereas many of the designations suggested elsewhere like “redox-mediated” in [525] simply do not make sense and actually illustrate ignorance regarding the actual meaning of e.g. “mediated”.

The bromine/bromide redox system has been used in a device with a PVA-based gel electrolyte with Na₂SO₄ and the ionic liquid N-butyl-N-methylpyrrolidinium bromide, which also supplies the bromide ions of the redox system [526]. The electrolyte composition enabled an increased cell voltage of up to 2 V. The available energy density increased accordingly. Self-discharge frequently addressed as a possible weakness in supercapacitors with added redox systems [31] is comparable to the values recorded for the same device without the added redox component at least in the initial four hours. After 8000 cycles 81 % of the initial capacitance were still present, without the redox component only 58 % were kept. A similar approach was pursued by adding Li₂SO₄ and 1-butyl- 3-methyl imidazolium bromide (the source of the bromide/tribromide redox system) to PVA [527]. 88 % of the initial capacitance was left after 10000 cycles, the low self-discharge as well as the relatively high stability were attributed to the use of carbon nanotubes added into the PVA.

A SPE of PVDF-HFP with an entrapped IL and 1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium bromide as part of the subsequently established redox system24 was used in a supercapacitor with 26 % capacitance loss after 10000 cycles [528]. To a SPE of PVDF-HFP with adiponitrile as plasticizer and an IL diphenylamine and copper iodide were added as redox components [529]. Between two activated carbon electrodes a supercapacitor was formed keeping less than 6 % of its initial capacitance after 5000 cycles. PVA with H₂SO₄ as GPE containing KI for increased storage capability has been tested in a redox capacitor with PEDOT electrodes [530]. 74 % capacitance retention was found after 1000 cycles. PVA combined with an IL and added NaI as redox system was used as SPE in a supercapacitor with no stability data reported [531]. A SPE of PVA with H₃BO₃ and added KI as redox component has been tested in a supercapacitor, stability was not revealed [532].

With a SPE based on PEO with LiClO₄ as ion source and added NaI and I₂ as redox system a divided supercapacitor with a Nafion^® 117 separator has been tested; 90 % of the initial capacitance was still presented after 3000 cycles [533]. Why this device is mediator-enhanced remains a mystery.

A divided cell with a separator of PVDF and LiTFSI (prepared by mixing of respective powder, dissolution in acetone and evaporation of the solvent) and NaI/I₂ added into a PEO/LiClO₄ SPE has been reported [534]. Stability was not examined; the term mediator was certainly used incorrectly.

PVA with Li₂SO₄ as ion source and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium iodide as the redox couple yielded a SPE test in a supercapacitor keeping 81 % of its initial capacitance after 10000 cycles [535].

An optimized mixture of iota carrageenan and acacia gum plasticized with ethylene glycol with added LiI25 as redox-active component has been tested in a device [536]. Whether device should be called symmetric – suggesting that the additional redox proceeds at both electrodes – appears to be dubious. The power density stays constant along 250 cycles whereas energy density dropped to about 1/100 during these cycles!

The authors repeated the approach but used LiClO₄26 as ion source and used the obtained SPE in an EDLC-device [537]. Capacitance retention was not reported, gravimetric energy density decreased stepwise to less than the initial value during 1000 cycles; power density stayed constant during this test.

Although the PVA-based electrolytes with different pH-values in the device with a Nafion^®-membrane as a separator is not redox-active as claimed in the title the added LiBr provided additional charge storage at the positive electrode [538]. The different pH-values, acidic at the positive and neutral at the negative electrode, provided advantages at the price of the additional separator. 93 % of the initial capacitance was left after 10000 cycles.

A further variation of a divided supercapacitor with different redox additives in the two electrode compartments has been reported [539]. To the PVA/H₂SO₄ GPE employed in both halves separated by a Nafion^® 117 membrane hydroquinone (positive electrode) or methylene blue (negative electrode) were added. 90 % of the initial capacitance was still present after 3000 cycles. With the same divided cell arrangement and SPE but different redox components VOSO₄ (positive electrode) and Na₂MoO₄ (negative electrode) a supercapacitor keeping 80 % of its initial capacitance after 3000 cycles was assembled [540].

A “water-in-salt” hydrogel electrolyte prepared by dissolving KBr (source of the redox-active constituent) and PVA in a 5 m solution of LiTFSI was used in an EDLC-device [12]. Different from the author’s claim the electrolyte is not redox-active, only the bromide/tribromide redox couple shall be called so. Addition of this redox couple resulted in doubling the capacitance without it, capacitance retention with growing current density is poorer with redox couple possible because of incomplete redox conversion of material deep inside the porous electrode. After 5000 cycles about 80 % of the initial capacitance was still present.

Tris(ethylenediamine) cobalt(III) chloride was added as redox component to a PVA/H₂SO₄ GPE yielding a supercapacitor with 96 % capacitance retention after 1000 cycles [541]. Self-discharge – the omnipresent problem with this type of storage system – was mentioned in the introduction of the report but not even touched upon in the investigation and the further report. CoSO₄ has been added to a poly (acrylic acid)-based SPE showing in a complete device 7 % loss of its initial energy after 10000 cycles, capacitance retention was not reported [542].

To a PVA-H₃PO₄ SPE VOSO₄ was added, the SPE was tested in a flexible fibrous supercapacitor showing 92 % capacitance retention after 5000 cycles [543].

To a PVA-KOH SPE K₃Fe(CN)₆ has been added as a redox component providing a supercapacitor with 95 % capacitance retention after 500 cycles [544].A divided cell with a separator of PVDF and LiTFSI (prepared by mixing of respective powder, dissolution in acetone and evaporation of the solvent) and K₃Fe(CN)₆/K₄Fe(CN)₆ added into a PEO/LiClO₄ SPE has been reported [534]. Stability was not examined. A SPE prepared by dissolving PVDF in acetone LiTFS was used as SPE in an asymmetric supercapacitor with one carbonaceous electrode and one such electrode with added Prussian Blue (K₂Fe^IIFe^III(CN)₆) has been tested, after 5000 cycles 93 % of the initial capacitance was left [545]. Into a self-healing cross linked double network of poly-acrylic acid/polyisodecyl methacrylate as SPE K₃Fe(CN)₆ was added yielding a device showing 75 %27 capacitance retention after 4000 cycles [546]. These authors tried another polymer mixture using PAA (presumably polyacrylic acid) and stearyl acrylate with H₃PO₄ as SPE with NH₄VO₃ and FeSO₄ as redox components yielding a supercapacitor keeping 79 % of its initial capacitance after 1200 cycles [547]. ZnSO₄ in a PVA/H₂SO₄ served as redox component in a supercapacitor showing 73 % capacitance retention after 5000 cycles [548]. A blend of PVA-PVP as SPE in a supercapacitor with copper nanoparticles added into the graphite electrodes as redox component has been reported [549].

Addition of redox-active phosphomolybdic acid or sodium molybdate to a mixture of PVA and H₃PO₄ yielded a material which was applied to carbon paper electrodes [550]. After evaporation of excessive water the electrodes were assembled with porous dialysis membranes as separator. A mix of both molybdenum compounds yielded best results, after 1000 cycles 63 % of the initial capacitance was left. Use of this GPE with phosphomolybdic acid has been suggested, the device kept 50 % of the initial capacitance after 2000 cycles [525]. A PVA-based SPE with Na₂SO₄ added GO for improved ion conductance and as redox systems Na₂MoO₄ or NiMoO₄ has been used in a supercapacitor [551]. Highest specific capacitance was recorded with added NiMoO₄, the device kept 85 % of the initial capacitance after 1000 cycles. To an SPE of poly (2-acryl amido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid) ammonium molybdate was added as redox system yielding a capacitor keeping 92 % of its initial capacitance after 2500 cycles [552].

A poly (vinylphosphonic acid) hydrogel with ammonium molybdate as redox com ponent enabled a supercapacitor keeping at optimum composition of the SPE about 66 % of its initial capacitance after 2500 cycles [553].

A SPE based on methyl cellulose with added BMITFSI with various polyoxometalates as redox systems has been studied [554]. Depending on the type of redox system capacitance losses from 20 to 40 % after 10000 cycles were found. Nanofibrillar methyl cellulose with an encapsulated IL was suggested as a SPE [555].

A composite of the redox system methyl orange (MO) with reduced graphene oxide as electrode has been combined with an aqueous gel electrolyte of PVA and sulfuric acid has been studied [556]. After a capacity loss of 32 % in the first 2500 cycles the capacitance stayed stable over an unspecified further number of cycles. This approach apparently is different in principle from the initial concept of the redox system dissolved in the electrolyte solution. Actually it is much closer to a supercapacitor electrode based on charge storage by redox reactions instead of simple double layer charging. MO is soluble in water; its behavior in the water-based electrolyte is not addressed in the report. A hint at lower power density may suggest a higher ESR caused by the gel electrolyte instead of an electrolyte solution; unfortunately the quoted reference is utterly misleading.

Phloroglucinol (Figure 3.7.1) was added as redox component to a PVA and LiClO₄ yielding a device with 94 % capacitance retention after 5000 cycles but only 10 % added specific capacitance due to the phloroglucinol [557].

Figure 3.7.1. Redox reaction of phloroglucinol

To an electrolyte of PVA with KOH hydroquinone (Figure 3.7.?) was added as redox-active com ponent yielding a supercapacitor with 84 % capacitance retention after 1000 cycles [558].

Figure 3.7.? Redox reaction of hydroquinone

A blend of PVA and PVP with an IL was used as SPE with hydroquinone as redox components added; the supercapacitor had a stable capacitance along 5000 cycles [559]. A similar combination of PVA with H₂SO₄ as SPE and p-benzenediol28 as redox-active component has been examined [560]. A specific capacitance slightly depending on the operating voltage range of the device was reported; along 3000 cycles about 9 % of the initial capacitance was lost. To a SPE of PVDF-HFP with an IL and a “plastic crystal succinonitrile” hydroquinone was added as redox component [561]. The assembled supercapacitor kept 55 % of the initial capacitance after 10000 cycles.

Further increases in specific capacitance may become possible when combining redox electrodes with electrolytes containing redox systems. Care must be exercised in such combinations when matching redox potentials where redox transformations inside the electrodes and in the electrolyte proceed. Highest capacitance values where obtained with composite electrodes of polyaniline and MCNTs combined with a solid electrolyte of PVA and sulfuric acid contained hydroquinone [562]. The device kept 89 % of its initial capacitance after 2000 cycles. Corn starch has been combined with H₃PO₄ into a SPE with added hydroquinone as redox component [563]. The assembled supercapacitor kept 87 % of the initial capacitance after 10000 cycles. Oligomeric 1,5-diaminoanthraquinone29 prepared by electrodeposition on a carbon support and combined with either a PVA–H₃PO₄ blend or PMMA–PC–EC–TEAClO₄ SPE in a symmetric redox capacitor [564]. The latter device showed somewhat better stability: After an initial drop of capacitance by about 50 % after 1400 cycles even less was retained. Why only the latter electrolyte was called a GPE is as mysterious as the reason for assembling two identical redox electrodes with their operating electrode potential fixed by the ongoing redox process. The latter question has been addressed in detail before [38]; nevertheless such arrangements enjoy a questionable popularity.

A supercapacitor with added 2-mercaptopyridine (Figure 3.7.2) as a redox-active material (for unknown reasons the author call this redox-mediated) and PVA-phosphoric acid electrolyte and two AC electrodes has been described [565]. The redox compound elsewhere studied with respect to its capability to form self-assembled monolayer’s [566,567] undergoes a dimerization redox reaction according to [568,569,570].

Figure 3.7.2. Redox reaction of 2-mercaptopyridine

The added redox system offers an increase of the energy density to about five times the value recorded in its absence, it is better than some previously studied systems mostly based on a PVA-KOH electrolyte. Somewhat disturbingly several values quoted as comparison in the report are even higher – and not smaller! After 1000 cycles about 80 % of the initial capacitance is retained. The same approach was tried with a PVA-H₂SO₄ SPE with 89 % capacitance retention after 3000 cycles [571].

Indigo carmine added into a PVA-H₂SO₄ electrolyte resulted in ionic conductivity by a factor of two (presumably because the dye molecule has two sulfonate groups) and doubling of the specific capacitance [572]. 80 % of the initial capacitance is left after 3000 cycles. A similar concept has been realized with the redox-active dye alizarin red S [573]. The anionic dye molecule (see Figure 3.7.3) provides additional ionic conductivity.

Figure 3.7.3. Redox reaction of alizarin red S .

Unfortunately and for reasons not reported capacitance retention was significantly poorer than with indigo carmine, only 78 % of the initial capacitance was left after 1000 cycles. In a divided cell (Nafion^® separator) alizarin red S and p-phenylenediamine (see Figure 3.7.4) were added to the alkaline (PVA+KOH) electrolyte solution on the positive half-cell, the negative half-cell used the same electrolyte and a metal (Co, Ni) oxide electrode [574]. The device kept 94 % of its initial capacitance after 4000 cycles. To a SPE of PVA and KOH p-phenylenediamine was added as redox active component [575]. A device assembled with two activated carbon electrodes kept 83 % of its initial capacitance after 1000 cycles. Self-discharge or chemical follow-up reactions of the radical intermediates formed by electrooxidation of the diamine were not addressed.

Figure 3.7.4. Redox reaction of p-phenylenediamine

Methylene blue (MB) added as redox-active component to a GPE made of blend of PVA and PVP with H₂SO₄ [576]. Addition of MB almost tripled the storage capability which stayed at 91 % of the initial value after 2000 cycles. A similar study yielded elsewhere 36 % capacitance fading after 10000 cycles [16].

A device with two carbonaceous electrodes and a GPE prepared from soy protein isolate (a renewable resource) and Li₂SO₄ with added KI as a redox system provided 58 % capacitance retention after 1500 cycles [577]. An electrolyte prepared by dissolving PVDF-HFP in acetone, adding an ionic liquid and redox active materials KI and diphenylamine was drop cast on activated carbon electrodes. After drying the electrodes were assembled with their electrolyte-coated sides facing each other [578]. In cells with only one redox component redox processes of the iodide/triiodide redox couple and the diphenylbenzidine formed by irreversible dimerization of diphenylamine were verified although the displayed CVs of the two-electrode cell arrangements hardly support this. The subsequently formulated claim that diphenylamine (and not as before diphenylbenzidine) establish redox couples for charge storage in a cell with both redox components casts further doubt. Which redox reaction happens at which electrode is left to the readers guesswork. The somewhat diffuse description of the results of stability studies suggests about 30 % capacitance loss during 6000 cycles. Self-discharge was not mentioned.

To cross linked polyacrylamide 1,4-butanediol diglycidyl ether CoSO₄ (whether it is a modification or a doping seems to be unclear for the authors) was added [579]. Without the added redox-system an EDLC-device with AC-electrodes was established, addition yielded an increase of the capacitance by a factor of five. Recorded CVs were called semi-rectangular (whatever that means) without an indication of the expected redox activity. Thus the authors concluded that the increase was due to the increased ionic conductivity of the electrolyte solution. Unfortunately conductivity was not measured; in addition conclusions are hampered by the vastly different electrode potential ranges in the CVs. After 10000 cycles 91 % of the initial capacitance was still present.

The copolymer PVDF-HFP dissolved in acetone was mixed with BMITFSI (how NaI was added remains unknown) was used as a SPE for a supercapacitor showing 5 % capacitance loss after 10000 cycles [580].

Poly (vinylphosphonic acid) combined with nickel nitrate yielded a hydrogel which was combined with activated carbon electrodes into a device [581]. At optimum nickel content capacitance retention of 84 % after 5000 cycles was recorded. Terminology in the report appears to be confusing: The polyelectrolyte is not doped with metal but metal ions, it is hardly energized by a hydrogel, and redox-activated seems to be an unknown term.

3.8. Polymer Electrolytes and Device Properties

Mechanical properties of a supercapacitor are hardly discussed and considered in academic research beyond questions of safety and leakage providing a starting point for the development of non-liquid electrolytes. Because supercapacitors (like batteries) may occupy a significant amount of space and volume in a vehicle their integration into the mechanical structure of vehicles has been suggested, in addition their use as construction (i.e. load bearing) elements has been proposed. Poly (ethylene glycol) monomethyl ether acrylate with an added IL and functionalized nanosized silica filler has been tested as a SPE in a structural EDLC supercapacitor showing 91 % capacitance retention at best after 100 (!) cycles [582]. For overviews see [583,584]. Once a supercapacitor becomes a structural element and building block solid electrolytes in a supercapacitor are essential [147,585,586,587,588,589,590,591,592,593,594,595,596,597,598,599,600,601,602,603,604,605,606,607,608,609,610,611,612].

A polymer electrolyte suitable for ink-jet printing followed by UV-light curing for microsupercapacitors has been described [613].

Polymer electrolytes are essential for flexible supercapacitors, overviews are available [614,615]. Flexible solid-state supercapacitors utilizing 2D-materials may require matching electrolytes, an overview has been provided [616]. Many polymers and polymer electrolytes are flexible, this property has been stressed in some reports which are discussed above. This also applies to the use of SPE in actuators [617].

A polyampholyte saturated with simulated-body-fluid has been suggested as SPE for a supercapacitor in implantable electronic medical devices showing a stable capacitance along 8000 cycles [618].

A KOH gel electrolyte (?) has been used in an EDLC-device [619]. Presumably the PVA-KOH SPE described in [620] was meant. A sodium ion-conducting GPE of secret composition30 was used in [621]. The initial capacitance decreased to 70 % of its initial value after 1000 cycles.

Following the overlap between supercapacitor and secondary battery concepts already addressed in the introduction examples of using gel electrolytes in devices combining battery and supercapacitor electrodes (hybrid devices) have been reported [622].

Fire hazards of supercapacitors initially associated with organic solvents (see above) are somewhat diminished with the various types of electrolytes surveyed in the preceding report. Further protection may be achieved by using fire-retardant electrolytes like in [623]. The relevant properties can be introduced by using e.g. bromine as a substituent.

An inorganic gel polymer electrolyte based on SiO₂ with a confined mixture of two Ils has been reported [624]. Attapulgite has been used in preparation of a hydrogel, its use in a device with a PVA-Na₂SO₄ SPE also employed remains mysterious [625].

4. Conclusions, Outlook and Perspectives

Major progress has been achieved with solid electrolytes, in particular with gel electrolytes of widely varying chemical composition. The number of materials with conductivities surpassing those of liquid systems is growing. Since first reports on non-liquid electrolytes appeared further aspects mostly related to envronmental consideration have moved into the focus of attention. Accordingly systems withou fluor-containing components but with biopolymers from renewable sources enjoy more and still growiag ettention. For practical and even commercial application stability of the supercapacitor assembled with the developed electrolyte is of major interest. Surprisingly low interest has been devoted to this major aspect in many reports. Future studies should pay more attention to this aspect.

Author Contributions

Both authors have contributed, read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This research received no external funding.

Acknowledgments

Preparation of this contribution has been sup ported in various ways by Na tional Key R & D Program of China (2021YFB2400400), it includes results obtained within research projects at St. Petersburg State Uni versity supported by grants № 26455158 and № 70037840. Preparation of this review has been sup ported in various ways by the Alexander von Hum boldt-Foundation, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, Fonds der Chemi schen Indus trie, Deutsche For schungsgemeinschaft, Na tional Basic Research Program of China, and Natu ral Sci ence Foun dation of China (Grant # 51425301).

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

1	Possibly the authors also know somebody who is quasi-dead.
2	This acronym is used throughout this report without repeating the imprecise definition again and again.
3	TFSI is the common acronym designating the IL-anion bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide
4	A reference provided in this report turns out to be completely unrelated and useless.
5	To call the device a magnesium capacitor apparently only because a magnesium salt was added seems to be a far stretch of the facts.
6	Assuming the acronym CMC nowhere explained in this report has this meaning.
7	Different from the author’s opinion this is the name of the plant, not of any chemical compound!
8	Presumably the term “cycle retention” means capacitance retention.
9	In this report the discussion quotes a non-existent report on ion transport attributed to Vehicle and Grotthus – a most memorable error in this also otherwise flawed report.
10	The synonym plastified is also found.
11	Tf or TF are common acronyms specifying the IL-anion triﬂuoromethanesulfonate
12	This acronym is not exactly systematic, it misses the -co- between the two constituents, it also misses the P with HFP. Never¬theless it appears to be firmly established, and different from some other authors (see e.g. the systematically speaking more reasonable P(VDF-HFP) in [271]) no attempt is made to create a new and finally only confusing further acronym. The acronym PVDF(HFP) as used in [239,276] definitely makes no sense. Sometimes the authors apparently also accepted this fact, elsewhere in the report they call the copolymer PVDF-HFP. The acronym PVdF(HFP) also lacks logic [218].
13	Why this SPE has been called SN-based is mysterious at least.
14	For mysterious reasons these authors coined the rather non-logical acronym HEP.
15	Only one of numerous inconsistencies in this report.
16	The report is hard to understand and lacks many relevant details.
17	The authors of this study conveniently ignore completely an earlier study with exactly this electrolyte system in [33].
18	Why this material is a biopolymer remains as unclear as the biodegradability remains questionable given the IL-content.
19	Why this SPE can be reasonably called “ionic liquid based” remains mysterious.
20	MWNT appears to be a rather uncommon acronym used only by these authors.
21	Certainly this material does not contain CF3 chains as claimed by the authors in [463].
22	The terms gel and gelled are sometimes mixed up, confused and taken as synonyms – although the former is a noun, the latter an adjective. Gel’s can be obtained by gelling of a liquid by adding a gelling agent [2], they can also be obtained by treating a solid, e.g. a polymer, with a suitable liquid. This process is also called plastification because it yields a more „plastic“ material. Both materials may behave similar and may have similar properties, accordingly the distinction is sometimes difficult. In this report assignments and claims of the authors are used as points of reference.
23	To assign the acronym CNF, which is used to name carbon nanofibers in the rest of the world, to this material is a most inspired idea to mislead readers.
24	The electrolyte itself is hardly redox-active as claimed in the report’s title.
25	The material is certainly not LiI-based as claimed in the title of the report.
26	Certainly this is not lithium perchloride as stated in the report.
27	Whether this shall be called outstanding seems to be a matter of further debate.
28	The scientific community calls this compound hydroquinone.
29	Solubility of this oligomer is not addressed in the report. In case it is really completely insoluble this system is not properly placed in this section.
30	Close examination of supplementary information revealed it as PVDF-HFP dissolved in DMF; the obtained membrane was soaked in a solution of NaPF6 in ethylene carbonate and dimethyl carbonate.

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Polymer Electrolytes for Supercapacitors

Abstract

1. Introduction

2. Fundamentals: Ionically Conducting Polymers

3. Solid Polymer Electrolytes in Supercapacitors

3.1. Plain SPEs

3.2. Plasticized10 Polymer Electrolytes in Supercapacitors

3.4. Polymerized Ionic Liquids

3.3. Ion Exchange Polymers as Electrolytes in Supercapacitors

3.5. Approaches towards Improved Electrolyte/Electrolyte Interfaces

3.6. Gel22 Polymer Electrolytes

3.7. Polymer Electrolytes with Added Redox Systems

3.8. Polymer Electrolytes and Device Properties

4. Conclusions, Outlook and Perspectives

Author Contributions

Funding

Acknowledgments

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