Journal
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
Volume 423, Issue -, Pages 271-279Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2019.03.096
Keywords
Voltage window; Energy density; Low temperature; Supercapacitors; Ionic liquid
Funding
- National Nature Science Foundations of China [21673263, 21573265, 21805291]
- Independent Innovation Plan Foundations of Qingdao City of China [16-5-1-42-jch]
- Western Young Scholars Foundations of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Youth Science Foundations of Gansu Province [18JR3RA389]
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Improving the low-temperature tolerance and increasing the energy density of supercapacitors are currently desirable for real-life applications. Commercially available non-aqueous supercapacitors are typically limited in operation to - 40 degrees C or higher, and they usually exhibit poor performance at lower than room temperature. In this work, we investigate symmetric supercapacitors using the 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (EMIMBF4) ionic liquid modified with organic solvents as the electrolyte and activated polyaniline-derived carbon (APDC) as the active material. The symmetric coin cells tests are performed in the range of temperatures from - 100 degrees C to 25 degrees C. Interestingly, with decreasing temperature, the working voltage window of these supercapacitors gradually increases from 2.5 V to 4.0 V, whereas the energy density initially increases and then decreases. The optimal combination of an APDC electrode and the EMIMBF4/acetonitrile/methyl acetate-based electrolyte enables such a supercapacitor to work with a high potential window of 3.5 V and deliver a maximum energy density of 80 Wh kg(-1) (based on the total mass of the two-electrode material), a maximum power density of 26 kW kg(-1), and a long-term cycle life of 10000 cycles at a low temperature of - 50 degrees C.
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