Abstract
Lead-Carbon hybrid ultracapacitors (Pb-C HUCs) with flooded, absorbent-glass-mat (AGM) and silica-gel sulphuric acid electrolyte configurations are developed and performance tested. Pb-C HUCs comprise substrate-integrated PbO2 (SI-PbO2) as positive electrodes and high surface-area carbon with graphite-sheet substrate as negative electrodes. The electrode and silica-gel electrolyte materials are characterized by XRD, XPS, SEM, TEM, Rheometry, BET surface area, and FTIR spectroscopy in conjunction with electrochemistry. Electrochemical performance of SI-PbO 2 and carbon electrodes is studied using cyclic voltammetry with constant-current charge and discharge techniques by assembling symmetric electrical-double-layer capacitors and hybrid Pb-C HUCs with a dynamic Pb(porous)/PbSO4 reference electrode. The specific capacitance values for 2 V Pb-C HUCs are found to be 166 F/g, 102 F/g and 152 F/g with a faradaic efficiency of 98%, 92% and 88% for flooded, AGM and gel configurations, respectively.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 747-762 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Journal of Chemical Sciences |
Volume | 124 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2012 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Financial support from the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore under its Energy Storage systems Initiative is gratefully acknowledged. AB thanks the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi for a Junior Research Fellowship.
Funding
Financial support from the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore under its Energy Storage systems Initiative is gratefully acknowledged. AB thanks the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi for a Junior Research Fellowship.
Funders | Funder number |
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Indian Institute of Science | |
Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research | |
Department of Science and Technology, Government of Kerala |
Keywords
- Hybrid ultracapacitor
- Silica-gel electrolyte