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Electronic structures and quantum capacitance of single-walled carbon nanotubes doped by 3d transition-metals: A first principles study

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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 439, Issue -, Pages -

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PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2022.141666

Keywords

Quantum capacitance; Single-wall carbon nanotubes; Transition metal; Density of surface charge; Density functional theory

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This paper investigates the effects of 3d transition metal doping on the electronic structure and quantum capacitance of carbon nanotubes using density functional theory. The results show that elemental doping causes changes in the energy band and spin polarization, effectively increasing the quantum capacitance and surface charge density of the carbon nanotube electrode. The study verifies the feasibility of 3d transition metal doping to improve the quantum capacitance of carbon nanotube electrodes.
Supercapacitors are valued as one of the new green energy storage devices, but the low energy density limits the wide application of supercapacitors. In this paper, the effects of 3d transition metal doped on electronic structure and quantum capacitance of carbon nanotubes are investigated using DFT. The calculations show that elemental doping has caused the break-up of two degenerate states near the Fermi level, quasi-local state changes in the energy band, and the creation of new energy bands. The doping of V(Cr, Mn, Co) causes spin polarization in the energy band. The change in energy band affects the density of states near the Fermi level, effectively increasing the quantum capacitance and surface charge density of the carbon nanotube electrode. The quantum capacitance of Ni-doped carbon nanotubes is the largest, at 59.74 mu F/cm(2). In the range of water stability, Ti(V, Gr, Mn, Co)-CNT are suitable for use as electrode materials in symmetrical double layer supercapacitors. Sc(Fe, Cu, Zn)-CNT is suitable for use as anode materials in asymmetric double layer supercapacitors. Ni-CNT is suitable for use as a cathode material for asymmetric double layer supercapacitors. This study verifies the feasibility of 3d transition metal doping to improve the quantum capacitance of carbon nanotube electrodes.

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