Nufer, Sebastian, Lynch, Peter, Cann, Mariah, Large, Matthew J, Salvage, Jonathan P, Víctor-Román, Sandra, Hernández-Ferrer, Javier, Benito, Ana M, Maser, Wolfgang K, Brunton, Adam and Dalton, Alan (2018) Carbon nanofoam supercapacitor electrodes with enhanced performance using a water-transfer process. ACS Omega, 3 (11). pp. 15134-15139. ISSN 2470-1343

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Abstract

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 super-capacitor 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.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Research Centres and Groups:	Materials Physics Group
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics
Depositing User:	Alice Jackson
Date Deposited:	19 Nov 2018 16:58
Last Modified:	11 Jan 2019 16:46
URI:	http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/80245

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