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The porous structures of activated carbon aerogels and their effects on electrochemical performance

Journal

JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
Volume 185, Issue 1, Pages 589-594

Publisher

ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2008.06.070

Keywords

Carbon aerogel; Activation; Porosity; Electrochemical properties

Funding

  1. NNSFC [50472029, 50632040]
  2. Scientific Foundation of Guangdong [2004A30404001]
  3. Scientific Foundation of Guangzhou [2007Z2-D2041]
  4. [NSF/DMR 07-04197]

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The pore structures of carbon aerogels were designed and controlled by changing conditions for both the microemulsion-templated sol-gel polymerization and the KOH activation processes. The resulting pore structures were characterized by means of N-2 adsorption and SEM. A new pore model is proposed and the relationship between the pore structures of the activated carbon aerogels (ACAs) and their electrochemical performance is discussed. The experimental results show that the ACAs which were prepared contain four types of pores: (A) micropores with diameters below 2 nm; (B) small mesopores with diameters from 2 to 5 rum: (C) large mesopores with diameters from 5 to 40 nm; and (D) large pores and channels with diameters over 40 turn. Appropriate activation with KOH can increase the numbers of micropores and small mesopores as well as the BET areas, resulting in an increase in the specific capacitance (C-s) of the ACA samples. The type D pores and channels play an important role in the enhancement of the electrochemical capacitance under high charge-discharge current conditions. Though ACAs with different porous models show a linear relation between C-s and BET area separately, the surface areas of micropores of the ACAs with appropriate type D pores and channels have a higher accessibility and efficiency in the storage of energy than those with closed type C pores. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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