Action mechanism of expanded graphite in the composite of expanded graphite/MnO2 supercapacitor electrode materials
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摘要: 采用一种简便的方法制备出了单相α-MnO2和膨胀石墨(EG)/MnO2复合物。实验结果表明EG/MnO2复合物有着比单相α-MnO2更高的比电容和更加优异的倍率性能。随后采用XRD、TG、EIS、BET等手段对复合材料中EG的作用机制进行了研究,结果发现在EG/MnO2复合物中出现了δ相MnO2 (δ-MnO2为层状结构,相较于α-MnO2更加有利于离子的扩散和传输),δ-MnO2大约占复合物总质量的30wt%,EG占3.4wt%。EG/MnO2复合物的电荷转移电阻显著低于单相α-MnO2。EG/MnO2的比表面积为38.7 m2·g−1,而单相α-MnO2的比表面积只有21.6 m2·g−1,更大的比表面积使材料与电解液接触更为充分,从而降低了电荷转移电阻。综上,复合材料中EG的作用机制是通过自身的层状结构诱导了MnO2在其上沉积形成了层状的δ-MnO2,同时抑制了MnO2颗粒的生长,增加了颗粒与电解液的接触面积,降低了电荷转移电阻,从而增大了比电容,也提高了其倍率性能。Abstract: The pure MnO2 and the composite of expanded graphite (EG)/MnO2 were prepared by a very facile method. The experimental results show that the composite presents higher specific capacitance and more stable rate capacity. The action mechanism of EG in the composite was investigated by the measurements of XRD, TG, EIS, BET, etc. It is found that the δ-MnO2 appears in the composite, whose mass percentage is approximately 30% compared with 3.4% of EG in the composite. The δ-MnO2 has a special layered structure compared with the channel structure of α-MnO2, which makes the ions diffuse and transport easier. The charge exchange resistance of the EG/MnO2 composite is significantly lower than that of pure α-MnO2 which may be caused by more tiny particles size of composite because the specific surface area of the composite being 38.7 m2·g−1, with the pure α-MnO2 of21.6 m2·g−1. The larger specific surface area makes the contact between the material particles and the electrolyte solution more sufficient along with lower charge exchange resistance. In all, the action mechanism of EG in the composite can be summed as follow. The δ-MnO2 with the layered structure is induced to grow on the surface of the EG which has the similar layered structure. At the same time, the grows-up of the MnO2 particles is restrained by EG which makes the contact of particles with electrolyte solution more sufficient with the result of the reduce of charge exchange resistance. And, therefore, the specific capacitance is elevated accompanied with more stable rate capacity.
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Key words:
- supercapacitor /
- manganese dioxide /
- graphite /
- composite /
- mechanisms
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表 1 MnO2和EG/MnO2在不同电流密度下的比电容Cm (F·g−1)
Table 1. Specific capacitance Cm of single MnO2 and EG/MnO2 composite under different current density (F·g−1)
Current density/(A·g−1) 0.1 0.2 0.5 1.0 2.0 MnO2 327 271 258 150 106 EG/MnO2 476 435 428 422 410 表 2 通过EIS拟合得到的MnO2和EG/MnO2的RS和Rct
Table 2. RS and Rct of MnO2 and EG/MnO2 fitted by EIS data
Rs/(Ω·cm2) Rct/(Ω·cm2) MnO2 1.050 3.535 EG/MnO2 1.247 2.519 表 3 本研究中EG/MnO2复合材料的储能性能与文献中类似研究结果的对比
Table 3. Comparison of energy-storing capability of EG/MnO2 in this work with other work
Compounds C m /
(F·g−1)Measure
rateElectrolyte/
(Na2SO4 mol·L−1)Rate
capabilityCycle
stabilityLiterature UN-MnO2 810 1.0 A·g−1 1 58.5% (1.0-20 A·g−1) 88.45% (5000cyc@5.0 A·g−1) [2] δ-MnO2/Ni foam 325 1.0 A·g−1 1 67.6% (1-5 A·g−1) 86% (1000cyc@30 mV·s−1) [11] MnO2/CNFs 324.5 0.5 A·g−1 1 55.4% (0.5-2 A·g−1) 97.0 (1000cyc@3.5 A·g−1) [15] δ-MnO2/Corn-C 520 5 mV·s−1 1 53.5% (5-100 mV·s−1) 80.9% (5000cyc@5 A·g−1) [16] Ni/δ-MnO2 883 10 mV·s−1 1 46.2% (0.01-0.2 V·s−1) 73.8% (2000cyc@1 mA·cm−2) [17] δ-MnO2 HMS 394 1.0 A·g−1 1 71.3% (1-10 A·g−1) 95.2% (5000cyc@5 A·g−1) [20] C@δ-MnO2 345 0.5 A·g−1 1 55.9% (0.5-5 A·g−1) 92.8% (5000cyc@ 5 A·g−1) [22] α-MnO2/CNTs 276 3.0 A·g−1 0.5 65.4% (3–9.5 A·g−1) 91.6% (5000cyc@3.0 A·g−1) [23] EG/MnO2 220 2 mV·s−1 1 95% (0.1-0.5 A·g−1) 100% (400cyc@5 mV·s−1) [24] EG/MnO2 161 0.1 A·g−1 1 68.3% (0.1-5 A·g−1) 100% (1000cyc@1 A·g−1) [25] EG/MnO2 428 0.5 A·g−1 1 86% (0.1-2 A·g−1) 100% (100cyc@0.5 A·g−1) This work Notes: UN-MnO2—Ultrasonic and NH4+ assisted MnO2 deposited on Ni foam substrate; CNFs—Carbon nanofibers; HMS—Hollow microsphere; CNTs—Carbon nanotubes; Cm—Specific capacitance. -
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