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Title: Efficient 3D Printed Pseudocapacitive Electrodes with Ultrahigh MnO2 Loading

Abstract

Retaining sound electrochemical performance of electrodes at high mass loading holds critical importance to energy storage. Pseudocapacitive materials such as manganese oxide (MnO2) deposited on current collectors have achieved outstanding gravimetric capacitances, sometimes even close to their theoretical values. However, this is only achievable with very small mass loading of active material typically less than 1 mg cm-2. Increasing mass loading often leads to drastic decay of capacitive performance due to sluggish ion diffusion in bulk material. In this work, we demonstrate a 3D printed graphene aerogel electrode with MnO2 loading of 182.2 mg cm-2, which achieves a record-high areal capacitance of 44.13 F cm-2. Most importantly, this 3D printed graphene aerogel/MnO2 electrode can simultaneously achieve excellent capacitance normalized to area, gravimetry, and volume, which is the trade-off for most electrodes. This work successfully validates the feasibility of printing practical pseudocapacitive electrodes, which might revolutionize pseudocapacitor fabrication.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [2]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Univ. of California, Santa Cruz, CA (United States)
  2. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1581898
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-751399
Journal ID: ISSN 2542-4351; 937270
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Joule
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 3; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 2542-4351
Publisher:
Elsevier - Cell Press
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 3D printing; capacitors; ultrahigh mass loading; MnO2; efficient ion diffusion; graphene; pseudocapacitors; aerogels; areal capacitance; energy storage

Citation Formats

Yao, Bin, Chandrasekaran, Swetha, Zhang, Jing, Xiao, Wang, Qian, Fang, Zhu, Cheng, Duoss, Eric B., Spadaccini, Christopher M., Worsley, Marcus A., and Li, Yat. Efficient 3D Printed Pseudocapacitive Electrodes with Ultrahigh MnO2 Loading. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1016/j.joule.2018.09.020.
Yao, Bin, Chandrasekaran, Swetha, Zhang, Jing, Xiao, Wang, Qian, Fang, Zhu, Cheng, Duoss, Eric B., Spadaccini, Christopher M., Worsley, Marcus A., & Li, Yat. Efficient 3D Printed Pseudocapacitive Electrodes with Ultrahigh MnO2 Loading. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2018.09.020
Yao, Bin, Chandrasekaran, Swetha, Zhang, Jing, Xiao, Wang, Qian, Fang, Zhu, Cheng, Duoss, Eric B., Spadaccini, Christopher M., Worsley, Marcus A., and Li, Yat. Thu . "Efficient 3D Printed Pseudocapacitive Electrodes with Ultrahigh MnO2 Loading". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2018.09.020. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1581898.
@article{osti_1581898,
title = {Efficient 3D Printed Pseudocapacitive Electrodes with Ultrahigh MnO2 Loading},
author = {Yao, Bin and Chandrasekaran, Swetha and Zhang, Jing and Xiao, Wang and Qian, Fang and Zhu, Cheng and Duoss, Eric B. and Spadaccini, Christopher M. and Worsley, Marcus A. and Li, Yat},
abstractNote = {Retaining sound electrochemical performance of electrodes at high mass loading holds critical importance to energy storage. Pseudocapacitive materials such as manganese oxide (MnO2) deposited on current collectors have achieved outstanding gravimetric capacitances, sometimes even close to their theoretical values. However, this is only achievable with very small mass loading of active material typically less than 1 mg cm-2. Increasing mass loading often leads to drastic decay of capacitive performance due to sluggish ion diffusion in bulk material. In this work, we demonstrate a 3D printed graphene aerogel electrode with MnO2 loading of 182.2 mg cm-2, which achieves a record-high areal capacitance of 44.13 F cm-2. Most importantly, this 3D printed graphene aerogel/MnO2 electrode can simultaneously achieve excellent capacitance normalized to area, gravimetry, and volume, which is the trade-off for most electrodes. This work successfully validates the feasibility of printing practical pseudocapacitive electrodes, which might revolutionize pseudocapacitor fabrication.},
doi = {10.1016/j.joule.2018.09.020},
journal = {Joule},
number = 2,
volume = 3,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Oct 18 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Thu Oct 18 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}

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