Boron supercapacitors

Zhan, Cheng; Zhang, Pengfei; Dai, Sheng; Jiang, De -en

doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00483

Boron supercapacitors

Journal Article · Wed Nov 16 00:00:00 EST 2016 · ACS Energy Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00483· OSTI ID:1333670

Zhan, Cheng ^[1]; Zhang, Pengfei ^[2]; Dai, Sheng ^[3]; Jiang, De -en ^[1]

Univ. of California, Riverside, CA (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); The Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)

Supercapacitors based on the electric double-layer mechanism use porous carbons or graphene as electrodes. To move beyond this paradigm, we propose boron supercapacitors to leverage two-dimensional (2D) boron sheets’ metallicity and low weight. Six 2D boron sheets from both previous theoretical design and experimental growth are chosen as test electrodes. By applying joint density functional theory (JDFT) to the electrode–electrolyte system, we examine how the 2D boron sheets charge up against applied potential. JDFT predicts that these 2D boron sheets exhibit specific capacitance on the order of 400 F/g, about four times that of graphene. As a result, our work suggests that 2D boron sheets are promising electrodes for supercapacitor 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) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1333670

Journal Information:: ACS Energy Letters, Journal Name: ACS Energy Letters Vol. 1; ISSN 2380-8195

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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