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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2018)

Edge-Oriented Graphene on Carbon Nanofiber for High-Frequency Supercapacitors

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-017-0162-4
Nazifah Islam
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Nano Tech Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
Juliusz Warzywoda
Materials Characterization Center, Whitacre College of Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
Zhaoyang Fan
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Nano Tech Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA

Corresponding Author: Zhaoyang Fan

Zhaoyang.Fan@ttu.edu

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 10 No. 1 (2018), Article Number: 9

Abstract

High-frequency supercapacitors are being studied with the aim to replace the bulky electrolytic capacitors for current ripple filtering and other functions used in power systems. Here, 3D edge-oriented graphene (EOG) was grown encircling carbon nanofiber (CNF) framework to form a highly conductive electrode with a large surface area. Such EOG/CNF electrodes were tested in aqueous and organic electrolytes for high-frequency supercapacitor development. For the aqueous and the organic cell, the characteristic frequency at − 45° phase angle was found to be as high as 22 and 8.5 kHz, respectively. At 120 Hz, the electrode capacitance density was 0.37 and 0.16 mF cm−2 for the two cells. In particular, the 3 V high-frequency organic cell was successfully tested as filtering capacitor used in AC/DC converter, suggesting the promising potential of this technology for compact power supply design and other applications.


Highlights:


1 3D edge-oriented graphene (EOG) was grown encircling carbon nanofiber (CNF) framework to form a highly conductive electrode with a large surface area.
2 EOG/CNF-based supercapacitors in both aqueous and organic electrolytes can response at the kilohertz frequency.
3 3 V high-frequency organic supercapacitor was tested as filtering capacitor used in an AC/DC converter.

Keywords

High-frequency supercapacitor Kilohertz supercapacitor Vertical graphene Carbon nanofiber AC filtering
Islam, Nazifah, Juliusz Warzywoda, and Zhaoyang Fan. 2017. “Edge-Oriented Graphene on Carbon Nanofiber for High-Frequency Supercapacitors”. Nano-Micro Letters 10 (1):9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-017-0162-4.
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