High‐Temperature Supercapacitors Enabled by Fluorine‐Free Ionic Liquid and Synergistic Alkali‐Doped Graphene OxidesShow others and affiliations
2025 (English)In: Energy Storage, ISSN 2578-4862, Vol. 7, no 8, article id e70311Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
This study explores the synthesis and electrochemical performance of graphene oxide co-doped with sodium and potassium (Na–K–GO) as electrode materials for supercapacitors (SCs) designed to operate at 60°C over an extended voltage window. The Na–K–GO is employed as the electrode material, while a fluorine-free ionic liquid (IL), [P4444][MEEA]—comprising a tetrabutylphosphonium cation and a 2-2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethoxy anion—served as the electrolyte, enabling stable operation over a wide voltage window at elevated temperatures. Using this combination, three coin-cell SCs are fabricated: two symmetric devices (SC-1 and SC-2) and one asymmetric device (SC-3). All the three exhibited remarkable charge storage abilities, a retaining performance over 10 000 charge–discharge cycles at 60°C. Among the three devices, SC-3 exhibited the best overall electrochemical performance, delivering a high specific capacitance of 47.01 F g−1 and an energy density of 27.77 Wh kg−1 at 0.5 A g−1. Even at a higher current density of 1 A g−1, SC-3 maintained a maximum power density of 1000 W kg−1 while sustaining an energy density of 14.21 Wh kg−1, reflecting its strong rate capability. Moreover, the long-term cycling tests at 2 A g−1 demonstrated an outstanding durability of SC-3, which retained 99% coulombic efficiency after 10 000 cycles, significantly outperforming the SC-2 (90%) and SC-1 (79%).
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
John Wiley & Sons, 2025. Vol. 7, no 8, article id e70311
Keywords [en]
alkali metal doping, fluorine-free electrolytes, graphene oxide, ionic liquids, Supercapacitors
National Category
Materials Chemistry Other Chemical Engineering
Research subject
Chemistry of Interfaces
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-115783DOI: 10.1002/est2.70311OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-115783DiVA, id: diva2:2020934
Funder
The Kempe Foundations, JCK22-0045The Kempe Foundations, JCSMK023-0170The Kempe Foundations, CSMK23-0090
Note
Fulltext license: CC BY
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