Functionalisation of fabrics with conducting polymer for tuning capacitance and fabrication of supercapacitor

► Well uniform polypyrrole-textile composite electrodes were prepared by in situ chemical polymerisation method. ► Composite formation was confirmed by SEM and FT-IR analysis. ► Compared the electrochemical performance of PPy coated natural and synthetic fibres. ► Obtained high specific capacitance of 260 F g−1 with PPy-Cotton textile electrode.