High rate capacitive performance of single-walled carbon nanotube aerogels
Abstract
Single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) aerogels produced by critical-point-drying of wet-gel precursors exhibit unique properties, such as high surface-area-to-volume and strength-to-weight ratios. They are free-standing, are binder-free, and can be scaled to thicknesses of more than 1 mm. In this paper, we examine the electric double layer capacitive behavior of these materials using a common room temperature ionic liquid electrolyte, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide (EMI-TFSI). Electrochemical performance is assessed through galvanostatic cycling, cyclic voltammetry and impedance spectroscopy. Results indicate stable capacitive performance over 10,000 cycles as well as an impressive performance at high charge and discharge rates, due to accessible pore networks and enhanced electronic and ionic conductivities of SWCNT aerogels. Finally, these materials can find applications in mechanically compressible and flexible supercapacitor devices with high power requirements.
- Authors:
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- Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA (United States). A. J. Drexel Nanomaterials Inst.. Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
- Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA (United States). A. J. Drexel Nanomaterials Inst.. Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering; Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
- Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Fluid Interface Reactions, Structures and Transport Center (FIRST)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- Contributing Org.:
- Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA (United States); Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1265520
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1251827
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nano Energy
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 15; Journal ID: ISSN 2211-2855
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; SWCNT aerogel; Supercapacitor; Ionic liquid; Electrochemistry
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Van Aken, Katherine L., Pérez, Carlos R., Oh, Youngseok, Beidaghi, Majid, Joo Jeong, Yeon, Islam, Mohammad F., and Gogotsi, Yury. High rate capacitive performance of single-walled carbon nanotube aerogels. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2015.05.028.
Van Aken, Katherine L., Pérez, Carlos R., Oh, Youngseok, Beidaghi, Majid, Joo Jeong, Yeon, Islam, Mohammad F., & Gogotsi, Yury. High rate capacitive performance of single-walled carbon nanotube aerogels. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2015.05.028
Van Aken, Katherine L., Pérez, Carlos R., Oh, Youngseok, Beidaghi, Majid, Joo Jeong, Yeon, Islam, Mohammad F., and Gogotsi, Yury. Sat .
"High rate capacitive performance of single-walled carbon nanotube aerogels". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2015.05.028. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1265520.
@article{osti_1265520,
title = {High rate capacitive performance of single-walled carbon nanotube aerogels},
author = {Van Aken, Katherine L. and Pérez, Carlos R. and Oh, Youngseok and Beidaghi, Majid and Joo Jeong, Yeon and Islam, Mohammad F. and Gogotsi, Yury},
abstractNote = {Single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) aerogels produced by critical-point-drying of wet-gel precursors exhibit unique properties, such as high surface-area-to-volume and strength-to-weight ratios. They are free-standing, are binder-free, and can be scaled to thicknesses of more than 1 mm. In this paper, we examine the electric double layer capacitive behavior of these materials using a common room temperature ionic liquid electrolyte, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide (EMI-TFSI). Electrochemical performance is assessed through galvanostatic cycling, cyclic voltammetry and impedance spectroscopy. Results indicate stable capacitive performance over 10,000 cycles as well as an impressive performance at high charge and discharge rates, due to accessible pore networks and enhanced electronic and ionic conductivities of SWCNT aerogels. Finally, these materials can find applications in mechanically compressible and flexible supercapacitor devices with high power requirements.},
doi = {10.1016/j.nanoen.2015.05.028},
journal = {Nano Energy},
number = ,
volume = 15,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat May 30 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Sat May 30 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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