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ELECTROCHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 15, Issue 1, Pages 63-65Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2011.11.023
Keywords
Electrochemical double-layer capacitor; Microporous carbon; Ion adsorption; Steric effect; Mixed electrolytes
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- National Science Foundation (NSF) [0924570]
- Delegation Generale de l'Armement
- Partner University (PU)
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (MAICANANO)
- Division Of Chemistry
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [0924570] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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With the goal to improve the capacitance in electrochemical double-layer capacitors (EDLCs) many studies on pore size/ion size relationship have been undertaken to achieve a better understanding of the charge storage mechanism in the electrochemical double-layer in confinement. A significant capacitance increase was achieved by using carbon electrodes with micropores (<1 nm), when the carbon pore size was close to the ion size. In this paper, the accessibility of narrow pores is investigated by selecting a carbon with a small pore size (<0.7 nm) and electrolyte mixtures with different ion sizes. It has been shown that the adsorption capacitance limitation observed for large cations and anions could be overcome by adding ions with a smaller effective size. This result demonstrates that the pores are accessible when their size matches the effective ion size and contradicts the surface saturation assumption: effective ion size which exceeds the pore size leads to current limitation. This work confirms that the steric effect is involved when ions are adsorbed into pores and highlights the importance of controlling ion size/pore size relationship for optimisation of the capacitive performance of EDLC devices. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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