Development and Characterization of Electrode Using PAN/TiO2 Nanofibers to Improve the Battery Capacity

Nanomaterial is one of the upcoming chemical substances which can substitute today’s renewable source of energy due to global warming issues. In this research, 10%PAN/1%TiO2 nanofibers were prepared using electrospinning followed by heat treatment in order to enhance electrical properties for energy applications. Optimization of electrospinning parameters including flow rate, chamber temperature, relative humidity, applied potential voltage, concentration of precursor, and spinning time was examined to produce high-quality nanosized fibers that can be used for characterization and making composite. The objective of adding the Ti nanoparticles in PAN was to verify the effect on electrical conductivity and electrochemical properties of PAN nanofibers by using four probe, XRD, Raman spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry on fabricated electrode. Using C.V. on Potentiostat Galvanostat, specific capacitance and area of the curve have showed with 14% specific capacitance improvement of the battery.