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Vol. 16 (2024)

High Density 3D Carbon Tube Nanoarray Electrode Boosting the Capacitance of Filter Capacitor

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-024-01458-6
Gan Chen
Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, and Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People’s Republic of China
Fangming Han
Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, and Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People’s Republic of China
Huachun Ma
Mechano‑X Institute, Applied Mechanics Laboratory, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People’s Republic of China
Pei Li
Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, and Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People’s Republic of China
Ziyan Zhou
Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, and Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People’s Republic of China
Pengxiang Wang
Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, and Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People’s Republic of China
Xiaoyan Li
Mechano‑X Institute, Applied Mechanics Laboratory, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People’s Republic of China
Guowen Meng
Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, and Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People’s Republic of China
Bingqing Wei
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA

Corresponding Author: Bingqing Wei

weib@udel.edu

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 16 (2024), Article Number: 235

Abstract

Electric double-layer capacitors (EDLCs) with fast frequency response are regarded as small-scale alternatives to the commercial bulky aluminum electrolytic capacitors. Creating carbon-based nanoarray electrodes with precise alignment and smooth ion channels is crucial for enhancing EDLCs’ performance. However, controlling the density of macropore-dominated nanoarray electrodes poses challenges in boosting the capacitance of line-filtering EDLCs. Herein, a simple technique to finely adjust the vertical-pore diameter and inter-spacing in three-dimensional nanoporous anodic aluminum oxide (3D-AAO) template is achieved, and 3D compactly arranged carbon tube (3D-CACT) nanoarrays are created as electrodes for symmetrical EDLCs using nanoporous 3D-AAO template-assisted chemical vapor deposition of carbon. The 3D-CACT electrodes demonstrate a high surface area of 253.0 m2 g−1, a D/G band intensity ratio of 0.94, and a C/O atomic ratio of 8. As a result, the high-density 3D-CT nanoarray-based sandwich-type EDLCs demonstrate a record high specific areal capacitance of 3.23 mF cm−2 at 120 Hz and exceptional fast frequency response due to the vertically aligned and highly ordered nanoarray of closely packed CT units. The 3D-CT nanoarray electrode-based EDLCs could serve as line filters in integrated circuits, aiding power system miniaturization.


Highlights:
1 A novel method is developed for precise control over the structure of 3D anodic aluminum oxide templates, enabling fine-tuning of both the vertical pore diameter and interspace within the templates.
2 3D carbon tube nanoarrays featuring significantly thinner and denser tubes are constructed as high-quality electrodes for miniaturized filter capacitors.
3 The 3D compactly arranged carbon tube-based capacitor achieves a remarkable specific areal capacitance of 3.23 mF cm−2 with a phase angle of − 80.2° at 120 Hz.

Keywords

Compactly arranged Three-dimensional carbon tube nanoarray Dimensional carbon tube nanoarray Fast frequency response Electric double-layer capacitors Layer capacitors AC line-filtering Filtering
Chen, Gan, Fangming Han, Huachun Ma, Pei Li, Ziyan Zhou, Pengxiang Wang, Xiaoyan Li, Guowen Meng, and Bingqing Wei. 2024. “High Density 3D Carbon Tube Nanoarray Electrode Boosting the Capacitance of Filter Capacitor”. Nano-Micro Letters 16 (July):235. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-024-01458-6.
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