Rational intramolecular and interface design of cellulosic paper electrode via PEDOT with AQS as dopant and electrolyte additives

Cellulose fibers(CFs)-based electrode materials are of considerable interest for future wearable electronic devices due to excellent flexibility and strength, and hydrophilicity. The effective introduction of electrode materials into CFs is essential for flexible supercapaciotors(SCs). A tunable electrochemical performance of conductive polymers for poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)(PEDOT) has been aroused great interests. Herein, we design its electrochemical process via sodium anthraquinone-2-sulfonate(AQS) as dopant and electrolyte additive to construct active electrode interior and interface. As a result, the PEDOT@CFs electrode exhibits great increase of doping level from 0.16 to 0.29, conductivity from 353.46 to 626.15 S m −1 , and specific capacitance from 140.22 to 1211.57 F g −1 at a current density of 0.2 A g −1 . Furthermore, the PEDOT:AQS@CFs electrode possess excellent cyclic stability (96.01 %) after 1000 cycles. The work reveals the mechanism of AQS as dopant and electrolyte additive, and provides a new perspective for application of PEDOT in energy storage field.