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Electrode materials for ionic liquid-based supercapacitors

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Catia Arbizzani
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Sabina Beninati
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M. Lazzari
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Francesca Soavi
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Marina Mastragostino *
DOI:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2007.06.162delete
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The use of ionic liquid (IL) electrolytes is a promising strategy to enhance the performance of supercapacitors above room temperature. In this paper we present the results of a study on optimization of electrode materials for IL-based supercapacitors featuring a hybrid configuration with carbon negative electrode and poly(3-methylthiophene) (pMeT) as positive operating at 60 degrees C with the ILs N-butyl-N-methylpyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (PYR14TFSI) and 1-ethyl-3-methyl-iniidazolium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (EMITFSI). As it concerns the carbon electrode two routes have been pursued: (i) surface modification of commercial activated carbon and (ii) synthesis of mesoporous cryo- and xerogel carbons. Pore size distribution and electrochemical characterization data are related and suggest that the second route should be the most promising for carbons of high specific capacitance and low time constant in IL. For the polymer electrode the nature of the galvanostatic polymerization bath plays a crucial role to provide pMeT of high specific capacitance and the best results may be obtained when pMeT is electropolymerized in the same IL used for the capacitance tests. The strategy of using the acid additive trifluoromethanesulfonimide in IL-based polymerization baths is also described in some detail. This strategy that provides pMeT featuring more than 200 F g(-1) in IL is a clean procedure which prevents consumption of the ionic liquid with great advantage in terms of costs. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Keywords:
hybrid supercapacitor
ionic liquid
activated carbon
xerogel carbon
cryogel carbon
poly(3-methylthiophene)
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Journal of Power Sources cover
Journal of Power Sources
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