High capacitance of coarse-grained carbide derived carbon electrodes

Dyatkin, Boris; Gogotsi, Oleksiy; Malinovskiy, Bohdan; Zozulya, Yuliya; Simon, Patrice; Gogotsi, Yury

doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2015.11.099

High capacitance of coarse-grained carbide derived carbon electrodes

Journal Article · Sat Dec 12 00:00:00 UTC 2015 · Journal of Power Sources

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2015.11.099· OSTI ID:1265883

Dyatkin, Boris ^[1]; ^[2]; Malinovskiy, Bohdan ^[2]; Zozulya, Yuliya ^[2]; Simon, Patrice ^[3]; Gogotsi, Yury ^[1]

Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA (United States)
Materials Research Centre, Kyiv (Ukraine)
Paul Sabatier Univ., Toulouse (France)

Here, we report exceptional electrochemical properties of supercapacitor electrodes composed of large, granular carbide-derived carbon (CDC) particles. We synthesized 70–250 μm sized particles with high surface area and a narrow pore size distribution, using a titanium carbide (TiC) precursor. Electrochemical cycling of these coarse-grained powders defied conventional wisdom that a small particle size is strictly required for supercapacitor electrodes and allowed high charge storage densities, rapid transport, and good rate handling ability. Moreover, the material showcased capacitance above 100 F g^-1 at sweep rates as high as 250 mV s^-1 in organic electrolyte. 250–1000 micron thick dense CDC films with up to 80 mg cm^-2 loading showed superior areal capacitances. The material significantly outperformed its activated carbon counterpart in organic electrolytes and ionic liquids. Furthermore, large internal/external surface ratio of coarse-grained carbons allowed the resulting electrodes to maintain high electrochemical stability up to 3.1 V in ionic liquid electrolyte. In addition to presenting novel insights into the electrosorption process, these coarse-grained carbons offer a pathway to low-cost, high-performance implementation of supercapacitors in automotive and grid-storage applications.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Fluid Interface Reactions, Structures and Transport Center (FIRST); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1265883

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1237769
OSTI ID: 1398127

Journal Information:: Journal of Power Sources, Journal Name: Journal of Power Sources Journal Issue: C Vol. 306; ISSN 0378-7753

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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