A Comparison of Electrochemical Performance of Carbon Aerogels with Adsorption Metal Ions for Super Capacitors
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Preparation of the Carbon Aerogels
2.1.2. Determination of the Metal Ions
2.1.3. Preparation of Metallic CA Electrodes
2.2. Carbon Aerogel Adsorption Kinetics
2.3. Characterization
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Adsorption Kinetics of CA-X
3.2. Pore structure of the CA-X
3.3. SEM and TEM of CA-X
3.4. XRD Patterns of CA-X
3.5. XPS Spectra of CA-X
3.6. Electrochemical Performances of CA-X
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Entry | Adsorption Capacity (mg·g−1) |
---|---|
CA-Fe | 133 |
CA-Cr | 139 |
CA-Cu | 424 |
Adsorbents | Metal Ions | Adsorption Capacities (mg·g−1) | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
Active carbon | Fe | 166.7 | [28] |
Carbon paper@Magnesium silicate | Cu | 113.5 | [29] |
carbon nanotubes | Cu | 123.7 | [16] |
Magnetic b-cyclodextrin/graphene oxide | Cr | 120.19 | [30] |
Carbon bead-supported hollow carbon nanofibers | Cr | 51 | [31] |
Carbon aerogel | Cu/Cr/Fe | 424/139/133 | This work |
Entry | SBET (m2·g−1) | Smicro (m2·g−1) | Daverage (nm) | Vtotal (cm3·g−1) |
---|---|---|---|---|
CA-Fe | 666 | 413 | 8.00 | 1.33 |
CA-Cr | 627 | 374 | 7.50 | 1.18 |
CA-Cu | 450 | 274 | 7.16 | 0.81 |
Blank | 695 | 463 | 8.11 | 1.52 |
Entry | Specific Capacitance (F·g−1) | ||
---|---|---|---|
0.5 A·g−1 | 1.0 A·g−1 | 1.5 A·g−1 | |
CA-Fe | 239 | 215 | 196 |
CA-Cr | 256 | 238 | 213 |
CA-Cu | 275 | 255 | 234 |
CA-Cu-0 | 250 | 224 | 186 |
Blank | 129 | 125 | 122 |
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Dong, X.; Xu, Y.; Wang, S.; Zhao, J.; Ren, B.; Zhang, L.; Liu, Z. A Comparison of Electrochemical Performance of Carbon Aerogels with Adsorption Metal Ions for Super Capacitors. Materials 2018, 11, 2271. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11112271
Dong X, Xu Y, Wang S, Zhao J, Ren B, Zhang L, Liu Z. A Comparison of Electrochemical Performance of Carbon Aerogels with Adsorption Metal Ions for Super Capacitors. Materials. 2018; 11(11):2271. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11112271
Chicago/Turabian StyleDong, Xiaoxi, Yuelong Xu, Shasha Wang, Junping Zhao, Bin Ren, Lihui Zhang, and Zhenfa Liu. 2018. "A Comparison of Electrochemical Performance of Carbon Aerogels with Adsorption Metal Ions for Super Capacitors" Materials 11, no. 11: 2271. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11112271