Development of the Self-doping Porous Carbon and Its Application in Supercapacitor Electrode

The massive discharge of biomass wastes not only causes waste of resources, but also pollutes the environment. Therefore, converting biomass wastes into carbon materials is an effective way to solve the above problems. Here, using biomass waste pig nails as raw materials and K₂CO₃ as chemical activators, the N-doped porous carbon(KPNC) is prepared by direct pyrolysis. As an electrode for supercapacitors, the electrochemical tests of KPNCs showed that they exhibited good electrochemical performance and excellent cycling stability. When the current density is 0.2 A/g, the specific capacitance is up to 344.6 F/g. Moreover, it still maintains 97.6% initial capacitance retention after 2000 cycles at a high current density of 5 A/g. Above exceptional electrochemical performances may be ascribed to an appropriate porous structure(S_micro/S_total=80.31%, V_micro/V_total=76.19%), high nitrogen contents(4.44%, atomic fraction), oxygen contents(9.13%, atomic fraction) as well as small internal resistance. The above experimental results show that the conversion of pig nails to porous carbon can reduce the waste of resources and alleviate environmental pollution.     

New insight into the effect of interface supercapacitance on the performance of titanium dioxide/carbon nanowire array for photoelectrochemical water oxidation

The electrode/electrlyte interface is of great signifance to photoelectrochemical (PEC) water oxidation as the reaction mainly occur here. Herein, we focus on the effect of supercapactance of the electrode/electrlyte interface on the performance of PEC. It is discovered that the supercapacitor on the interface is crucial because it links the charge transport and solution ion adsorption on its two sides. In this study, we demonstrate an approach to promote the performance of TiO₂ nanowire array (TiO₂ NWs) photoanode in photoelectrochemical cells (PECs) by increasing its supercapacitance. A 2−5 nm carbon layer was coated and the interface supercapacitance increases by about 150 times. This enhances the separation rate of electron-hole pairs by collecting more holes. Meanwhile, it also promotes the water oxidation rate by adsorbing more OH⁻ on its surface. As a result, the photocurrent density of C-TiO₂ NWs was about 8 times higher than that of its carbon-free counterpart. This approach of increasing the supercapacitance of photoanodes would be attractive for enhancement of the efficiency of PECs and this work demonstrate the importance of supercapacitance of the interface for PECs.     

二维过渡金属硫族化合物在超级电容器中的研究进展

近年来, 过渡金属硫族化合物(TMDs)作为一种新兴的二维材料, 因其独特的层状结构及电学特性成为超级电容器电极材料的理想候选者之一. 本文介绍了二维TMDs的常用合成方法, 阐述了钼基、 钨基和钒基等TMDs在超级电容器中的研究进展, 分析了形貌、 尺寸和改性方法等因素对TMDs材料电化学性能的影响, 并对TMDs在超级电容器领域的工业化应用和挑战进行了总结与展望.     

激光诱导三维网状石墨烯的一步法制备及应用

三维多孔石墨烯作为一种优异的石墨烯碳材料, 其独特的多孔结构使得材料在具有较大比表面积的同时还保持着足够高的电子迁移率和机械稳定性, 在电子器件中得到了广泛的应用. 本文介绍的激光诱导石墨烯是一种以一步法直接制备得到的三维网状石墨烯材料, 该技术将三维石墨烯的制备和图案化相结合, 无需进行湿化学反应处理, 制作方法更简便, 材料性能更优异. 目前研究主要集中在通过掺杂提高性能和利用转移法实现不同基底器件的制备. 激光诱导石墨烯自身特有的属性如多孔微纳米结构和大的比表面积等使其在超级电容器和传感器等领域拥有较高的应用价值.     

萘基相互连接的多孔碳纳米囊的制备及超电容性能

以萘为碳源, 采用MgO模板诱导耦合KOH裁剪技术制备了相互连接的多孔碳纳米囊(ICNC). 结果表明所制备的ICNC₂具有大的比表面积(1811 m²/g)、 高的压实密度(1.38 g/cm³)和微孔孔容含量(58.93%). 在对称的超级电容器(SC)中, ICNC₂电极的体积比容在不同电流密度下分别高达420.8 F/cm³(0.069 A/cm³)和315 F/cm³(27.6 A/cm³), 容量保持率为74.82%. 在38 W/L功率密度下, ICNC₂基SC的体积能量密度为14.6 W?h/L. 经过20000次循环后, 其体积比容仅衰减1.4%, 库伦效率为99.1%, 为从萘基小分子制备储能用功能碳材料提供了一种可行的方法.     

One-pot synthesis of CoO–ZnO/rGO supported on Ni foam for high-performance hybrid supercapacitor with greatly enhanced cycling stability

The high specific capacitance along with good cycling stability are crucial for practical applications of supercapacitors,which always demands high-performance and stable electrode materials.In this work,we report a series of ternary composites of CoO-ZnO with different fractions of reduced graphene oxide(rGO) synthesized by in-situ growth on nickel foam,named as CZG-1,2 and 3,respectively.This sort of binder-free electrodes presents excellent electrochemical properties as well as large capacitance due to their low electrical resistance and high oxygen vacancies.Particularly,the sample of CZG-2(CoO-ZnO/rGO 20 mg) in a nanoreticular structure shows the best electrochemical performance with a maximum specific capacitance of 1951.8 F/g(216.9 mAh/g) at a current intensity of 1 A/g.The CZG-2-based hybrid supercapacitor delivers a high energy density up to 45.9 Wh/kg at a high power density of 800 W/kg,and kept the capacitance retention of 90.1% over 5000 charge-discharge cycles.     

Hollow polyhedron structure of amorphous Ni-Co-S/Co(OH)_2 for high performance supercapacitors

In power storage technology,ion exchange is widely used to modify the electronic structures of electrode materials to stimulate their electrochemical properties.Here,we proposed a multistep ion exchange(cation exchange and anion exchange) strategy to synthesize amorphous Ni-Co-S and β-Co(OH)_2 hybrid nanomaterials with a hollow polyhedron structures.The synergistic effects of different components and the remarkable superiorities of hollow structure endow Ni-Co-S/Co(OH)_2 electrode with outstanding electrochemical performance,including ultra-high specific capacity(1440.0 C/g at 1 A/g),superior capacitance retention rate(79.1% retention at 20 A/g) and long operating lifespan(81.4% retention after5000 cycles).Moreover,the corresponding hybrid supercapacitor enjoys a high energy density of 58.4 Wh/kg at the power density of 0.8 kW/kg,and a decent cyclability that the capacitances are maintained at80.8% compared with the initial capacitance.This research presents a high-performance electrode material and provides a promising route for the construction of electrode materials for supercapacitors with both structural and component advantages.     

Graphene/activated carbon supercapacitors with sulfonated-polyetheretherketone as solid-state electrolyte and multifunctional binder

Sulfonated polyetheretherketone (SPEEK) has been synthesised by sulphonation process and used as the solid-state electrolyte, binder and surfactant for supercapacitors. Reduced graphene dispersed by SPEEK is used as a high-efficiency conducting additive in solid-state supercapacitors. It is found that SPEEK can improve the stability of the reduced graphene dispersion significantly, and therefore, the solid-state supercapacitors show a large decrease in IR drop and charge-transfer resistance (R_ct), resulting in a higher rate capability. The solid-state supercapacitors with the activated carbon/reduced graphene/SPEEK/electrode can be operated from 1 to 8 A/g and exhibit capacity retention of 93%. The noteworthy is more than twice higher value for capacity retention by comparison with the solid-state supercapacitors using activated carbon/reduced graphene/PVDF electrode (capacity retention is 36%). The cell of reduced graphene with SPEEK can be cycled over 5000 times at 5 A/g with no capacitance fading.     

SnO_2/石墨纳米片复合电极及其在超级电容器中的应用

在电场的作用下对石墨棒进行电化学剥离,使其表面形成相互平行排列,且垂直于石墨棒基底的二维(2D)石墨纳米片阵列(GNSA).然后通过阴极还原电沉积法制备Sn O2/石墨纳米片阵列(Sn O2/GNSA)复合电极.采用场发射扫描电镜(FE-SEM)、X射线衍射(XRD)和傅里叶变换红外(FT-IR)光谱对其形貌和结构进行了表征.电化学测试表明该复合电极具有优异的超电容性能,在0.5 mol·L-1Li NO3电解质中,扫描速率为5 m V·s-1,电位窗口为1.4 V时,比电容达4015 F·m-2.由Sn O2/GNSA复合电极和相同电解质组装成的对称型超级电容器,在扫描速率为5 m V·s-1时,其电位窗口可增至1.8 V,能量密度达到0.41 Wh·m-2,循环5000圈后其比电容仍保持为初始比电容的81%.     

聚吡咯纳米线凝胶的模板制备及储能与电化学传感性能

以配位聚合物凝胶为模板, 构筑均一的聚吡咯纳米线网络, 聚合后经简单处理除去模板, 得到性能优异的聚吡咯凝胶. 结果表明, 模板法合成的聚吡咯凝胶为由均一纳米线组成的三维网络结构, 具有良好的力学性能、 较大的比表面积及优异的电化学特性, 在0.28 A/g电流密度下, 比电容可达450 F/g, 在2.8 A/g电流密度下充放电1000次, 比电容仍可保持88.6%. 聚吡咯纳米线网络凝胶经葡萄糖氧化酶负载后得到柔性传感电极, 对低浓度(0.2 mmol/L)的葡萄糖具有快速响应性能, 有望用于超级电容器及生物电化学传感器等领域.