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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 132, Issue 51, Pages 18017-18019Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ja108766y
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Direct measurement of ion diffusion in aligned, densified single-walled carbon nanotube electrodes showed that the diffusion coefficient for transport of ions (KSCN in acetonitrile) parallel to the alignment direction of the nanotubes was close to the theoretical limit of perfectly straight pores, achieving a value 20 times larger than that of activated carbon electrodes (1 X 10(-5) vs 5 x 10(-7) cm(2)/s). In contrast, the diffusion coefficient for ion transport perpendicular to the alignment direction was an order of magnitude smaller (8 x 10(-7) cm(2)/s). As an example of the ramifications of this anisotropic diffusion phenomenon, the difference in performance of the aligned carbon nanotubes as electrochemical-capacitor electrodes was evaluated. At low discharge rates, the performances of the two orientations were identical, but as the discharge rate was increased, a more rapid decline in capacitance was observed for the perpendicular orientation (66 vs 14% decline in capacitance when the discharge current was increased from 0.01 to 1 A/g). Furthermore, the maximum power rating of the perpendicular electrode was lower than that of the parallel electrode (1.85 vs 3 kW/kg during operation at 1 V).
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