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- Title
Preparation and properties of coke powder activated carbon/α-Co(OH) composite electrode materials.
- Authors
Luo, He-ming; Zhang, Feng-bo; Zhao, Xia; Zhang, De-yi; Sun, Yan-xia; Yang, Peng
- Abstract
Coke powder activated carbon (CPAC) was prepared by dipping-calcined KOH activation method. Using CPAC as the raw material a series of composite electrode materials of CPAC/α-Co(OH) with different mass fractions of cobalt were synthesized by the Sol-gel method. The physical properties of the resulting samples were characterized by the field emission scanning electron microscopy and the X-ray diffraction. The results show that composite materials, CPAC/α-Co(OH), have a flower-like structure. The results of electrochemical performances show that the composite material has a good electrochemical capacity of 472.3 F g with a cobalt doping amount of 30 wt %. By the cyclic voltammetry testing, we found that the anodic peak potential of the redox peaks in composite electrode materials shifted positively when the scan rate increased, while the cathodic peak potential shifted negatively, and that would cause a gradual increase of the peak potential difference of redox peaks. In contrast, the lower of the scan rate, the smaller of the peak potential difference and the better of the reversibility of composite material. The results of impedance testing show that CPAC/α-Co(OH) has a lower electrochemical impedance than that of CPAC.
- Subjects
COKE (Coal product); ACTIVATED carbon; COMPOSITE materials; CHEMICAL synthesis; CARBOXYLIC acids; SOL-gel processes; CARBON electrodes
- Publication
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2013, Vol 24, Issue 7, p2473
- ISSN
0957-4522
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10854-013-1120-7