Issue 88, 2014

Multiwalled carbon nanotubes coated with a thin carbon layer for use as composite electrodes in supercapacitors

Abstract

Submicron-thick films of composite (CSN) electrodes were prepared by the simple spin-coating of a multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) suspension with sucrose as the precursor to form a thin carbon layer; this was followed by heat treatment at 1000 °C for 2 h. Thin carbon layers were coated onto the outer surface of the MWCNTs and the resulting CSN electrode was shown to be an interconnected open network structure. This binder-free thin-film CSN electrode with a unique architecture has a large areal capacitance of ∼723 μF cm−2 at a constant current of 0.23 μA cm−2 in a Na2SO4 aqueous electrolyte. About 81% of the initial capacitance is preserved, even at high specific currents. Based on the results of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, the CSN electrode was shown to concurrently optimize ion and electron transport for high power delivery. It also shows good cycle stability after prolonged operation (up to 3000 charge/discharge cycles).

Graphical abstract: Multiwalled carbon nanotubes coated with a thin carbon layer for use as composite electrodes in supercapacitors

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
16 Aug 2014
Accepted
09 Sep 2014
First published
12 Sep 2014

RSC Adv., 2014,4, 47827-47832

Author version available

Multiwalled carbon nanotubes coated with a thin carbon layer for use as composite electrodes in supercapacitors

S. Kim and H. S. Park, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 47827 DOI: 10.1039/C4RA08747J

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