Polypyrrole nanofiber–carbon nanotube electrodes for supercapacitors with high mass loading obtained using an organic dye as a co-dispersant

Polypyrrole (PPy) nanofibers and composites, containing PPy and multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), were used for the fabrication of electrodes of electrochemical supercapacitors (ES). It was found that cationic malachite green (MG) dye adsorbed on PPy and MWCNTs and allowed their efficient electrosteric dispersion in water. Sedimentation tests, electrophoretic deposition (EPD) experiments, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and UV-Vis …