Highlights

This is a selection of publications from the Structural Power Composites Group. For a full list of publications, please see below.

Highlights

Structural power phone

Massless energy

‘Massless’ energy for future electric vehicles using multifunctional structural power composites
Structural supercapacitor citation map

Structural supercapacitors review

A critical review of structural supercapacitors and outlook on future research challenges
Structural power plane

Structural power in electric aircraft

Structural Power Performance Targets for Future Electric Aircraft
Recent progress in free-standing supercapacitors

Free-standing supercapacitors

Challenges and opportunities in free-standing supercapacitors research
CNT-infiltrated CF

CF-CNT structural supercapacitors

Robust Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Infiltrated Carbon Fiber Electrodes for Structural Supercapacitors

Model Car

Multifunctional performance

Mechanical, electrochemical and multifunctional performance of a CFRP/carbon aerogel structural supercapacitor
Student operates flight simulator in the Department of Aeronautics

Structural power in aircraft cabins

Conceptual Multifunctional Design, Feasibility and Requirements for Structural Power in Aircraft Cabins

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Senokos:2023:10.1002/adfm.202212697,
author = {Senokos, E and Anthony, DB and Rubio, N and Ribadeneyra, MC and Greenhalgh, ES and Shaffer, MSP},
doi = {10.1002/adfm.202212697},
journal = {Advanced Functional Materials},
pages = {1--11},
title = {Robust singlewalled carbon nanotubeinfiltrated carbon fiber electrodes for structural supercapacitors: from reductive dissolution to high performance devices},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202212697},
volume = {33},
year = {2023}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Multifunctional electrodes for structural supercapacitors are prepared by vacuum infiltration of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) into woven carbon fibers (CFs); the use of reductive charging chemistry to form nanotubide solutions ensured a high degree of individualization. The route is highly versatile, as shown by comparing four different commercial nanotube feedstocks. In film form, the pure nanotubide networks (“buckypapers”) are highly conductive (up to 2000 S cm−1) with high surface area (>1000 m2 g−1) and great electrochemical performance (capacitance of 101 F g−1, energy density of 27.5 Wh kg−1 and power density of 135 kW kg−1). Uniformly integrating these SWCNT networks throughout the CF fabrics significantly increased electrical conductivity (up to 318 S cm−1), surface area (up to 196 m2 g−1), and in-plane shear properties, all simultaneously. The CNT-infiltrated CFs electrodes exhibited intrinsically high specific energy (2.6–4.2 Wh kg−1) and power (6.0–8.7 kW kg−1) densities in pure 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide (EMIM TFSI) electrolyte. Multifunctional structural supercapacitors based on CNT-coated CFs offer a substantial increase in capacitive performance while maintaining the tensile mechanical properties of the as-received CF-based composite. This non-damaging approach to modify CFs with highly graphitic, high surface area nanocarbons provides a new route to structural energy storage systems.
AU  - Senokos,E
AU  - Anthony,DB
AU  - Rubio,N
AU  - Ribadeneyra,MC
AU  - Greenhalgh,ES
AU  - Shaffer,MSP
DO  - 10.1002/adfm.202212697
EP  - 11
PY  - 2023///
SN  - 1616-301X
SP  - 1
TI  - Robust singlewalled carbon nanotubeinfiltrated carbon fiber electrodes for structural supercapacitors: from reductive dissolution to high performance devices
T2  - Advanced Functional Materials
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202212697
UR  - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adfm.202212697
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/101751
VL  - 33
ER  -
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Professor Emile S Greenhalgh
Department of Aeronautics
Imperial College London
South Kensington Campus
London SW7 2AZ

+44 (0)7958 210 089
e.greenhalgh@imperial.ac.uk