Molecules (Oct 2019)

Electrochemical Properties of Carbon Aerogel Electrodes: Dependence on Synthesis Temperature

  • Alena N. Malkova,
  • Nataliya A. Sipyagina,
  • Inna O. Gozhikova,
  • Yury A. Dobrovolsky,
  • Dmitry V. Konev,
  • Alexander E. Baranchikov,
  • Olga S. Ivanova,
  • Alexander E. Ukshe,
  • Sergey A. Lermontov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24213847
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 21
p. 3847

Abstract

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A series of carbon aerogels (C-AGs) were prepared by the pyrolysis of resorcinol-formaldehyde aerogels at 700−1100 °C as potential supercapacitor electrodes, and their texture and electrochemical properties were determined. The specific surface area of all C-AGs was in the range of 700−760 m2/g, their electron conductivity increased linearly from 0.4 to 4.46 S/cm with an increase of the pyrolysis temperature. The specific capacitance of electrode material based on C-AGs reached 100 F/g in sulfuric acid and could be realized at a 2 A/g charge-discharge current, which makes it possible to use carbon aerogels as electrode materials.

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