Issue 12, 2013

Synthesis of hydrophilic carbon black; role of hydrophilicity in maintaining the hydration level and protonic conduction

Abstract

We report the low-temperature (250 °C) synthesis of high-performance hydrophilic carbon black for application as a conducting filler in supercapacitor electrodes. Increased water content, due to the hydrophilicity, maintained the uniform hydration level of MnO2/carbon composite electrodes, with good protonic conduction. This results in an increase in the total specific capacitance by 24%.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis of hydrophilic carbon black; role of hydrophilicity in maintaining the hydration level and protonic conduction

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
01 Dec 2012
Accepted
11 Jan 2013
First published
14 Jan 2013

RSC Adv., 2013,3, 3917-3924

Synthesis of hydrophilic carbon black; role of hydrophilicity in maintaining the hydration level and protonic conduction

V. Sahu, S. Shekhar, P. Ahuja, G. Gupta, S. K. Singh, R. K. Sharma and G. Singh, RSC Adv., 2013, 3, 3917 DOI: 10.1039/C3RA23136D

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