As a type of energy storage device between traditional capacitors and batteries,the supercapacitor has the advantages of energy saving and environmental protection,high power density,fast charging and discharging spee...As a type of energy storage device between traditional capacitors and batteries,the supercapacitor has the advantages of energy saving and environmental protection,high power density,fast charging and discharging speed,long cycle life,and so forth.One of the key factors affecting the performance of supercapacitor is the electrode material.Carbon materials,such as carbon nanotube,graphene,activated carbon,and carbon nanocage,are most widely concerned in the application of supercapacitors.The synergistic effect of composites can often obtain excellent results,which is one of the common strategies to increase the electrochemical performance of supercapacitors.To further improve the performance of binary composites,it is a relatively simple method to increase the components as the“bridge”between the two materials to form the ternary composites.The review mainly introduces the current research progress of supercapacitors with pure carbon nanomaterials and multistage carbon nanostructures(composites)as electrodes.The characteristics and application directions of different pure carbon nanomaterials are introduced in detail.Different ways of multilevel structure(material)composite have their own effects on the development of high-performance supercapacitors.We also highlight the recent advances related to these fields and provide our insight into high-energy supercapacitors.展开更多
The sunlight is the largest single available source of clean and renewable energy to ensure human society＇s sustainable devel- opment. Owing to their low production cost and high energy conversion efficiency, dye-sen...The sunlight is the largest single available source of clean and renewable energy to ensure human society＇s sustainable devel- opment. Owing to their low production cost and high energy conversion efficiency, dye-sensitized solar cells （DSSCs） have been regarded as good alternatives to conventional photovoltaic devices. Herein, a series of composite electrolytes based on poly（ethylene oxide） （PEO） and the binary ionic liquids 1-propyl-3-methy-imidazolium iodide （[PMIm]I） and l-ethyl-3- methylimidazolium thiocyanate （[EMIm][SCN]） were prepared and then applied to fabricate six DSSCs. The composite elec- trolytes were characterized by fourier transform infrared spectroscopy （FTIS）, X-ray diffraction （XRD）, and electrochemical impedance spectra （EIS）. It was shown that the addition of binary ionic liquids would reduce the degree of crystallinity of PEO thus improving the ionic conductivities of the electrolytes by about 2 orders of magnitude. Investigation on the photovoltaic performances of these DSSCs showed that the fill factor （FF） could reach up to 0.67 and energy conversion efficiency （η） could reach up to 4.04% under AM 1.5 full sunlight （100 mW/cm^2）.展开更多
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China,Grant/Award Number:52102050Science&Technology Development Fund of Tianjin Education Commission for Higher Education,Grant/Award Number:2019KJ092。
文摘As a type of energy storage device between traditional capacitors and batteries,the supercapacitor has the advantages of energy saving and environmental protection,high power density,fast charging and discharging speed,long cycle life,and so forth.One of the key factors affecting the performance of supercapacitor is the electrode material.Carbon materials,such as carbon nanotube,graphene,activated carbon,and carbon nanocage,are most widely concerned in the application of supercapacitors.The synergistic effect of composites can often obtain excellent results,which is one of the common strategies to increase the electrochemical performance of supercapacitors.To further improve the performance of binary composites,it is a relatively simple method to increase the components as the“bridge”between the two materials to form the ternary composites.The review mainly introduces the current research progress of supercapacitors with pure carbon nanomaterials and multistage carbon nanostructures(composites)as electrodes.The characteristics and application directions of different pure carbon nanomaterials are introduced in detail.Different ways of multilevel structure(material)composite have their own effects on the development of high-performance supercapacitors.We also highlight the recent advances related to these fields and provide our insight into high-energy supercapacitors.
基金the financial support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21006035, 21076085)Science and Technology Key Project of Guangdong Province (2006A10702004,S2011020001472)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, South China University of Technology
文摘The sunlight is the largest single available source of clean and renewable energy to ensure human society＇s sustainable devel- opment. Owing to their low production cost and high energy conversion efficiency, dye-sensitized solar cells （DSSCs） have been regarded as good alternatives to conventional photovoltaic devices. Herein, a series of composite electrolytes based on poly（ethylene oxide） （PEO） and the binary ionic liquids 1-propyl-3-methy-imidazolium iodide （[PMIm]I） and l-ethyl-3- methylimidazolium thiocyanate （[EMIm][SCN]） were prepared and then applied to fabricate six DSSCs. The composite elec- trolytes were characterized by fourier transform infrared spectroscopy （FTIS）, X-ray diffraction （XRD）, and electrochemical impedance spectra （EIS）. It was shown that the addition of binary ionic liquids would reduce the degree of crystallinity of PEO thus improving the ionic conductivities of the electrolytes by about 2 orders of magnitude. Investigation on the photovoltaic performances of these DSSCs showed that the fill factor （FF） could reach up to 0.67 and energy conversion efficiency （η） could reach up to 4.04% under AM 1.5 full sunlight （100 mW/cm^2）.
