Silica-grafted ionic liquids for revealing the respective charging behaviors of cations and anions in supercapacitors

Qingyun Dou; Lingyang Liu; Bingjun Yang; Junwei Lang; Xingbin Yan

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02152-5

Nature Communications (Dec 2017)

Silica-grafted ionic liquids for revealing the respective charging behaviors of cations and anions in supercapacitors

Qingyun Dou,
Lingyang Liu,
Bingjun Yang,
Junwei Lang,
Xingbin Yan

Affiliations

Qingyun Dou: Laboratory of Clean Energy Chemistry and Materials, State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics
Lingyang Liu: Laboratory of Clean Energy Chemistry and Materials, State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics
Bingjun Yang: Laboratory of Clean Energy Chemistry and Materials, State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics
Junwei Lang: Laboratory of Clean Energy Chemistry and Materials, State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics
Xingbin Yan: Laboratory of Clean Energy Chemistry and Materials, State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02152-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Quantifying the individual capacitance contributions of in-pore ions during charging remains a challenge. Here the authors design silica-grafted ionic liquids to reveal the charging behaviors of cations and anions separately, providing fresh insight into the storage mechanism of supercapacitors.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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