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Carbon Nanofoam Supercapacitor Electrodes with Enhanced Performance Using a Water-Transfer Process

[Image: see text] Carbon nanofoam (CNF) is a highly porous, amorphous carbon nanomaterial that can be produced through the interaction of a high-fluence laser and a carbon-based target material. The morphology and electrical properties of CNF make it an ideal candidate for supercapacitor application...

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Autores principales: Nufer, Sebastian, Lynch, Peter, Cann, Maria, Large, Matthew J., Salvage, Jonathan P., Víctor-Román, Sandra, Hernández-Ferrer, Javier, Benito, Ana M., Maser, Wolfgang K., Brunton, Adam, Dalton, Alan B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Chemical Society 2018
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6644224/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31458178
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.8b02118
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Sumario:[Image: see text] Carbon nanofoam (CNF) is a highly porous, amorphous carbon nanomaterial that can be produced through the interaction of a high-fluence laser and a carbon-based target material. The morphology and electrical properties of CNF make it an ideal candidate for supercapacitor applications. In this paper, we prepare and characterize CNF supercapacitor electrodes through two different processes, namely, a direct process and a water-transfer process. We elucidate the influence of the production process on the microstructural properties of the CNF, as well as the final electrochemical performance. We show that a change in morphology due to capillary forces doubles the specific capacitance of the wet-transferred CNF electrodes.