Journal
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
Volume 309, Issue -, Pages 245-253Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2016.01.097
Keywords
Expanded graphite; Supercapacitor; Energy storage; Activated carbon nanosheets
Funding
- South African Research Chairs Initiative of the Department of Science and Technology
- National Research Foundation of South Africa [97994]
- University of Pretoria
- NRF
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In this work, we present the synthesis of low cost carbon nanosheets derived from expanded graphite dispersed in Polyvinylpyrrolidone, subsequently activated in KOH and finally carbonized in Ar/H-2 atmosphere. Interconnected sheet-like structure with low concentration of oxygen (9.0 at%) and a specific surface area of 457 m(2) g(-1) was obtained. The electrochemical characterization of the carbon material as supercapacitor electrode in a 2-electrode configuration shows high specific capacitance of 337 F g(-1) at a current density of 0.5 A g(-1) as well as high energy density of 37.9 Wh kg(-1) at a power density of 450 W kg(-1). This electrical double layer capacitor electrode also exhibits excellent stability after floating test for 120 h in 6 M KOH aqueous electrolyte. These results suggest that this activated expanded graphite (AEG) material has great potential for high performance electrode in energy storage applications. Crown Copyright (C) 2016 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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