Journal
ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 54, Issue 28, Pages 7444-7451Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2009.07.079
Keywords
Rechargeable battery; Lithium; Oxygen; Carbon; Activation; Porosity; Storage capacity
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- EPSRC
- Supergen Energy Storage Consortium [EP/D031672/1]
- EPSRC [EP/E03649X/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/E03649X/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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Porous carbon aerogels are prepared by polycondensation of resorcinol and formaldehyde catalyzed by sodium carbonate followed by carbonization of the resultant aerogels in an inert atmosphere. Pore structure of carbon aerogels is adjusted by changing the molar ratio of resorcinol to catalyst during gel preparation and also pyrolysis under Ar and activation under CO2 atmosphere at different temperatures. The prepared carbons are used as active materials in fabrication of composite carbon electrodes. The electrochemical performance of the electrodes has been tested in a Li/O-2 cell. Through the galvanostatic charge/discharge measurements, it is found that the cell performance (i.e. discharge capacity and discharge voltage) depends on the morphology of carbon and a combined effect of pore volume. pore size and surface area of carbon affects the storage capacity. A Li/O-2 cell using the carbon with the largest pore volume (2.195 cm(3)/g) and a wide pore size (14.23 nm) showed a specific capacity of 1290 mA h g(-1). (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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