Solution-processable hybrid materials for high-performance supercapacitor electrodes

Rapid population growth and industrial development have intensified the demand for efficient and sustainable energy-storage technologies, driven by increasing energy consumption, environmental concerns, and growing societal and healthcare needs. In this context, solution-processable hybrid materials offer a versatile platform for integrating complementary functional components at the nanoscale while enabling scalable, cost-effective, and environmentally compatible electrode fabrication. This presentation will highlight recent advances in the design, synthesis, solution processing, and electrochemical evaluation of hybrid materials for high-performance supercapacitor electrodes. In particular, the incorporation of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) with diverse nanostructures into conducting polymer matrices will be discussed, with emphasis on the synergistic interactions between the constituent components and their influence on charge-storage behavior. Such synergistic architectures hold considerable promise for next-generation energy-storage devices by combining high electrochemical performance with simplified and potentially scalable electrode fabrication. The relationship between nanostructure, interfacial interactions, processing strategy, and electrochemical performance will be discussed, together with the prospects for translating these materials toward practical energy-storage applications. Overall, this work underscores the importance of integrating materials chemistry, nanostructure engineering, solution processability, and interfacial design to develop high-performance, scalable, and technologically relevant supercapacitor electrodes.

Dr. Arun Kumar Singh is working as Professor at Department of Pure and Applied Physics, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur, India. He received his M.Sc. degree in Physics from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India and received his Ph.D. degree from School of Materials Science and Technology, IIT (BHU), India. After Ph.D., he joined postdoctoral research work at Graphene Research Institute, Sejong University, South Korea. He got India most prestigious research award, “INSPIRE Faculty awards” from DST, India. He has published many papers as a main author and co-author in international journals/conferences in the area of materials science/physics.He is also edited two books as editor and written nine book chapters. His research work basically includes the charge transport in organic semiconductors/two dimensional nanomaterials and energy storage devices. He is life member of many scientific societies and reviewer of International scientific journals.