Li, Yiqun; Li, Chen W.; Li, Cong; Chen, Yan; An, Ke; Landskron, Kai
In: Carbon, 136 , pp. 139, 2018.
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@article{Li2018,
title = {Probing the electrolyte infiltration behaviour of activated carbon supercapacitor electrodes by in situ neutron scattering using aqueous NaCl as electrolyte},
author = {Yiqun Li and Chen W. Li and Cong Li and Yan Chen and Ke An and Kai Landskron},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0008622318304330?via%3Dihub},
doi = {10.1016/j.carbon.2018.04.072},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-04-24},
journal = {Carbon},
volume = {136},
pages = {139},
abstract = {In situcontrast-matched neutron scattering was used to probe the electrolyte infiltration behavior ofactivated supercapacitor carbon electrodes using an aquoeus 1 M NaCl solution. It was found that onlyabout 20% of the pore volume was infiltrated at chemical equilibrium. The partial infiltration can beattributed to the co-existence of hydrophilic and hydrophilic pores. The study suggests that for theachievement of optimal capacitance, supercapacitor electrodes should be evacuated before electrolyteinfiltration.},
keywords = {carbon, electrolyte, neutron scattering, super capacitor},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
In situcontrast-matched neutron scattering was used to probe the electrolyte infiltration behavior ofactivated supercapacitor carbon electrodes using an aquoeus 1 M NaCl solution. It was found that onlyabout 20% of the pore volume was infiltrated at chemical equilibrium. The partial infiltration can beattributed to the co-existence of hydrophilic and hydrophilic pores. The study suggests that for theachievement of optimal capacitance, supercapacitor electrodes should be evacuated before electrolyteinfiltration.