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Ionic Liquid Electrolytes with Various Constituent Ions for Graphene-based Supercapacitors

Journal

ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 161, Issue -, Pages 371-377

Publisher

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.02.115

Keywords

graphene; ionic liquid; electrolyte; supercapacitor

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  1. Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan

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Although activated carbon shows a higher maximum capacitance than that of graphene nanosheets (GNSs) in a conventional organic electrolyte, the latter material, characterized by high conductivity and a unique planar structure, is more suitable for use in an ionic liquid (IL) electrolyte for supercapacitors. IL electrolytes consisting of various cations (1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium (EMI+) and N-butyl-N-methylpyrrolidinium (BMP+)) and anions (bis(trifluoromethylsulfony) imide (TFSI-), tetrafluoroborate (BF4-), and dicyanamide (DCA(-))) are systematically studied. Among them, BMP-DCA IL is found to be the superior electrolyte, in which the GNS electrode exhibits a capacitance of 235 F g(-1) and a satisfactory rate capability within a potential range of 3.3 V at 25 degrees C. This electrolyte is even more promising for elevated-temperature applications. At 60 degrees C, a symmetric-electrode GNS supercapacitor with BMP-DCA IL is able to deliver maximum energy and power densities of 103 Wh kg(-1) and 43.3 kW kg(-1) (based on the active material on both electrodes), respectively, which are much higher than 19 Wh kg(-1) and 17.6 kW kg(-1) for a control cell with a conventional organic electrolyte. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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