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Enhanced capacitive performance of activated carbon paper electrode material

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 July 2019

Yibing Xie Open the ORCID record for Yibing Xie [Opens in a new window]  and
Yufang Zhou
Yibing Xie*
Affiliation:
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
Yufang Zhou
Affiliation:
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
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Abstract

The activated carbon paper (ACP) has been designed as the active electrode material of supercapacitor to improve its capacitive performance. ACP is prepared by electrochemical nitrate ion–assisted exfoliation, sulfate ion–assisted exfoliation, and subsequent hydrothermal reduction processes. The as-prepared ACP shows obviously rougher surface along with the expanded layer distance. ACP exhibits higher specific capacitance of 380 mF/cm2 at 1 mA/cm2 than that of 21 mF/cm2 for carbon paper. ACP electrode shows the cycling capacitance retention of 98% after 5000 cycles at 10 mA/cm2. The symmetric ACP supercapacitor is constructed using ACP electrode and H2SO4 involved polyvinyl alcohol gel electrolyte. ACP supercapacitor presents the specific capacitance of 97 mF/cm2, the energy density of 0.343 mW h/cm3, and the output voltage of 1.6 V at 1 mA/cm2. ACP with high capacitance performance presents the promising supercapacitor application for the electrochemical energy storage.

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energy storageelectrochemical synthesiselectrical properties

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 34 , Issue 14 , 28 July 2019 , pp. 2472 - 2481
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2019 

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