Nano-graphite functionalized mesocellular carbon foam with enhanced intra-penetrating electrical percolation networks for high performance electrochemical energy storage electrode materials
By Jo, Changshin; An, Sunhyung; Kim, Younghoon; Shim, Jongmin; Yoon, Songhun & Lee, Jinwoo
Published in Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.
The Royal Society of Chemistry
2012
Abstract
Mesocellular carbon foam (MSU-F-C) is functionalized with hollow nanographite by a simple solution-phase method to enhance the intrapenetrating electrical percolation network. The electrical conductivity of the resulting material, denoted as MSU-F-C-G, is increased by a factor of 20.5 compared with the pristine MSU-F-C. Hollow graphite nanoparticles are well-dispersed in mesocellular carbon foam, as confirmed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and the d spacing of the (002) planes is 0.343 nm, which is only slightly larger than that of pure graphite (0.335 nm), suggesting a random combination of graphitic and turbostratic stacking. After nanographitic functionalization, the BET surface area and total pore volume decreased from 928 m2 g-1 and 1.5 cm3 g-1 to 394 m2 g-1 and 0.7 cm3 g-1, respectively. Thermogravimetric analysis in air shows that the thermal stability of MSU-F-C-G is improved relative to that of MSU-F-C, and the one-step weight loss indicates that the nanographite is homogeneously functionalized on the MSU-F-C particles. When the resulting mesocellular carbon materials are used as electrode materials for an electric double layer capacitor (EDLC), the specific capacitances (Csp) of the MSU-F-C and MSU-F-C-G electrodes at 4 mV s-1 are 109 F g-1 and 93 F g-1, respectively. The MSU-F-C-G electrode exhibited a very high area capacitance (Carea, 23.5 [small mu ]F cm-2) compared with that of the MSU-F-C electrode (11.7 [small mu ]F cm-2), which is attributed to the enhanced intraparticle conductivity by the nanographitic functionalization. MSU-F-C-G exhibited high capacity retention (52%) at a very high scan rate of 512 mV s-1, while only a 23% capacity retention at 512 mV s-1 was observed in the case of the MSU-F-C electrode. When applied as an anode in a lithium ion battery, a significant increase in the initial efficiency (44%), high reversible discharge capacity (580 mA h g-1) in the lower voltage region, and a higher rate capability were observed. The high rate capability of the MSU-F-C-G electrode as charge storage was due to the low resistance derived from the nanographitic functionalization.
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