Cell voltage versus electrode potential range in aqueous supercapacitors

Dai, Zengxin, Peng, Chuang, Chae, Jung Hoon, Ng, Kok Chiang and Chen, George Z. (2015) Cell voltage versus electrode potential range in aqueous supercapacitors. Scientific Reports, 5 (1). 9854/1-9854/8. ISSN 2045-2322

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Abstract

Supercapacitors with aqueous electrolytes and nanostructured composite electrodes are attractive because of their high charging-discharging speed, long cycle life, low environmental impact and wide commercial affordability. However, the energy capacity of aqueous supercapacitors is limited by the electrochemical window of water. In this paper, a recently reported engineering strategy is further developed and demonstrated to correlate the maximum charging voltage of a supercapacitor with the capacitive potential ranges and the capacitance ratio of the two electrodes. Beyond the maximum charging voltage, a supercapacitor may still operate, but at the expense of a reduced cycle life. In addition, it is shown that the supercapacitor performance is strongly affected by the initial and zero charge potentials of the electrodes. Further, the differences are highlighted and elaborated between freshly prepared, aged under open circuit conditions, and cycled electrodes of composites of conducting polymers and carbon nanotubes. The first voltammetric charging-discharging cycle has an electrode conditioning effect to change the electrodes from their initial potentials to the potential of zero voltage, and reduce the irreversibility.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/749319
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham Ningbo China > Faculty of Science and Engineering > Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Engineering > Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep09854
Depositing User: LIN, Zhiren
Date Deposited: 12 Oct 2017 08:37
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 17:06
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/47175

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