Journal
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
Volume 185, Issue 2, Pages 1557-1562Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2008.08.079
Keywords
Graphite; Activated carbon; Supercapacitors; Ball-milling
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [20633040]
- State Key Basic Research Program of PRC [2007CB209700]
- 863 Program of China [2006AA05Z218]
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The specific surface area of flake natural graphite can be definitely increased from 7 m(2) g(-1) to 580 m(2) g(-1) by high-energy ball-milling. The obtained high surface-area graphite (HSG) was first investigated in detail as a new kind of electrode material for aqueous supercapacitors. HSG sample obtained by long-time ball-milling showed quite large capacitance, e.g. 205 Fg(-1) for 70h milling. The high capacitance of HSG might profit from the high open surface area contributed by the nanoparticle exterior, the large quantity of lattice defects, as well as the high density of oxygen functional groups in HSG produced by high-energy ball-milling. The capacitance of HSG maintained well during 5000 cycles of charge/discharge process. Moreover, compared to the commercial activated carbon which has a fully developed porous structure, HSG promised a high electrode density due to its low porosity thus it exhibited a much higher volumetric capacitance than commercial activated carbon. (C) 2008 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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