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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
Volume 3, Issue 37, Pages 18906-18912Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c5ta04773k
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- German Federal Ministry for Research and Education (BMBF) [03EK3013]
- Elitenetzwerk Bayern e. V.
- [SFB 840]
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Supercapacitors combine efficient electrical energy storage and performance stability based on fast electrosorption of electrolyte ions at charged interfaces. They are a central element of existing and emerging energy concepts. A better understanding of capacitance enhancement options is essential to exploit the full potential of supercapacitors. Here, we report a novel hierarchically structured N-doped carbon material and a significant capacitance enhancement for a specific ionic liquid. Our studies indicate that matching of the electrode material and the ionic liquid specifically leads to a constant normalized resistance of the electrode material (voltage window up to +/- 1 V vs. carbon) and a significant enhancement of the specific capacitance. Such effects are not seen for standard organic electrolytes, non-matched ionic liquids, or non-N-doped carbons. A higher N-doping of the electrode material improves the symmetric full cell capacitance of the match and considerably increases its long-term stability at +3 V cell voltage. This novel observance of enhanced specific capacitance for N-doped carbons with matched ionic liquid may enable a new platform for developing supercapacitors with enhanced energy storage capacity.
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