Issue 47, 2019

Enhanced electrochemical supercapacitor performance with a three-dimensional porous boron-doped diamond film

Abstract

Uniform three-dimensional porous boron-doped diamond (P-BDD) film is deposited on a titanium substrate through chemical vapor deposition and employed as an efficient potential electrode for electrochemical double-layer supercapacitors. The electrochemical responses of the BDD electrodes were evaluated by cyclic voltammetry and galvanostatic charge/discharge techniques. The P-BDD film delivers a specific capacitance of 6.02 mF cm−2 under a scan rate of 10 mV s−1, 12.4 times that of a flat BDD film in 0.1 M H2SO4 electrolyte in a three-electrode configuration. Furthermore, the operating voltage window of a symmetric device containing two pieces of P-BDD electrode could be expanded to 2.0 V and light a yellow light-emitting diode, where the single device presented an admirable energy density of 1.45 μW h cm−2 and power density of 0.5 mW cm−2. Moreover, the P-BDD film exhibits favorable self-discharge behavior, with a low leakage current as small as 14.9 μA, and presents remarkable cycling stability, with a capacitance retention of 91.6% after 10 000 continuous cycles. The enhanced electrochemical performance can be attributed to the synergistic effect between the BDD film itself, which possesses excellent physical–chemical features, and the three-dimensional porous structure; this corroborates the potential of the P-BDD film as a candidate for future supercapacitor applications.

Graphical abstract: Enhanced electrochemical supercapacitor performance with a three-dimensional porous boron-doped diamond film

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
02 Aug 2019
Accepted
05 Nov 2019
First published
06 Nov 2019

New J. Chem., 2019,43, 18813-18822

Enhanced electrochemical supercapacitor performance with a three-dimensional porous boron-doped diamond film

X. Wang, Y. He, Z. Guo, H. Huang, P. Zhang and H. Lin, New J. Chem., 2019, 43, 18813 DOI: 10.1039/C9NJ04019F

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