Pseudocapacitors from metal oxides and activated carbon composites

• Grant number: 18/20756-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): May 01, 2019
• Effective date (End): April 30, 2023
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Electrical Engineering - Electrical Materials
• Principal Investigator: Hudson Giovani Zanin
• Grantee: Willian Gonçalves Nunes
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação (FEEC). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 14/02163-7 - Development of supercapacitors devices from graphene, carbon nanotubes and diamonds, AP.JP

Abstract

The manufacture of supercapacitors (SC) or electrochemical capacitors (CE), which store large amounts of energy in a reversible way and allow their rapid release to electrical systems, is of paramount importance in the avant-garde research, since these devices are essential auxiliary elements for use in modern electric vehicles. The SC/CE can be classified according to the type of process responsible for energy storage: (i) Electric Double Layer Electrochemical Capacitors (EDLCs) based on the charge/discharge of the electric double layer formed at the electrode/electrolyte interface (non-faradáico process) and (ii) electrochemical pseudocapacitors (EPCs), based on the pseudocapacitance derived from solid state redox reactions (faradáico process). Normally, it is noted that the EPCs, although costingmore expensive, they exhibit a higher specific capacitance (F g-1) when compared to EDLCs. In this context, the use of nanostructured composites composed of mixed oxides containing Ni and Co supported on highly rugged/porous carbon substrates (eg, carbon felt, carbon nanotubes, etc.) may result in high performance electrode materials for process of energy storage. In the present study, the electrodes will be obtained by electrodeposition of the Ni and Co metals in an aqueous medium, in different proportions (Ni: Co ratio), on different carbon substrates, followed or not by the heat treatment process. This synthesis process aims to obtain nanometric structures, such as NiCo2O4 spinel with different nanoarchitectures, which provide a high electrochemically active area for the energy storage process. The 'specific capacitance' values, the symmetry of the charge/discharge curves as well as the longevity during the cycling process (charge/discharge cycles) will be valued on alkaline electrolytes as well as on a 'solid polymer electrolyte' (Nafion membrane of DuPont), in order to elucidate the fundamental aspects responsible for the load storage process, that is, the behavior of the double electric layer in the presence of the pseudocapacitance phenomenon.The properties of the composite materials containing carbon and Ni and Co oxides will be investigated and compared using different in situ (electrochemical) and 'ex situ' (spectroscopic) characterization techniques, with special emphasis on the use of cyclic voltammetry) to determine the Morphology Factor (j) and Electrochemical Porosity (f). Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) will be used as a complementary technique to investigate the resistive and capacitive behaviors inherent to SC/CE. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

PIRES, BRUNO MORANDI; NUNES, WILLIAN GONCALVES; FREITAS, BRUNO GUILHERME; OLIVEIRA, FRANCISCA ELENICE RODRIGUES; KATIC, VERA; RODELLA, CRISTIANE BARBIERI; DA SILVA, LEONARDO MORAIS; ZANIN, HUDSON. Characterization of porous cobalt hexacyanoferrate and activated carbon electrodes under dynamic polarization conditions in a sodium-ion pseudocapacitor. JOURNAL OF ENERGY CHEMISTRY, v. 54, p. 53-62, MAR 2021. (17/11958-1, 14/02163-7, 18/20756-6)

VICENTINI, RAFAEL; DA SILVA, LEONARDO M.; FRANCO, DEBORA V.; NUNES, WILLIAN G.; FIATES, JULIANE; DOUBEK, GUSTAVO; FRANCO, LUIS F. M.; FREITAS, RENATO G.; FANTINI, CRISTIANO; ZANIN, HUDSON. Raman probing carbon & aqueous electrolytes interfaces and molecular dynamics simulations towards understanding electrochemical properties under polarization conditions in supercapacitors. JOURNAL OF ENERGY CHEMISTRY, v. 60, p. 279-292, SEP 2021. (17/11958-1, 18/02713-8, 16/25082-8, 14/02163-7, 18/20756-6)

NUNES, WILLIAN G.; VICENTINI, RAFAEL; FREITAS, BRUNO G. A.; OLIVEIRA, FRANCISCA E. R.; PASCON MARQUE, ALINE M.; MACIEL FILHO, RUBENS; DOUBEK, GUSTAVO; DA SILVA, LEONARDO M.; ZANIN, HUDSON. Pseudo-capacitive behavior of multi-walled carbon nanotubes decorated with nickel and manganese (hydr)oxides nanoparticles. JOURNAL OF ENERGY STORAGE, v. 31, OCT 2020. (16/25082-8, 14/02163-7, 17/11958-1, 18/20756-6)

NUNES, WILLIAN G.; MIRANDA, ANDRE N.; FREITAS, BRUNO; VICENTINI, RAFAEL; OLIVEIRA, ALINE C.; DOUBEK, GUSTAVO; FREITAS, RENATO G.; DA SILVA, LEONARDO M.; ZANIN, HUDSON. Charge-storage mechanism of highly defective NiO nanostructures on carbon nanofibers in electrochemical supercapacitors. NANOSCALE, v. 13, n. 21, p. 9590-9605, JUN 7 2021. (17/11958-1, 18/20756-6, 14/02163-7)

VICENTINI, RAFAEL; VENANCIO, RAISSA; NUNES, WILLIAN; DA SILVA, LEONARDO MORAIS; ZANIN, HUDSON. ew Insights on the Sodium Water-in-Salt Electrolyte and Carbon Electrode Interface from Electrochemistry and Operando Raman Studie. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, v. 13, n. 51, DEC 2021. (14/02163-7, 17/11958-1, 18/20756-6)

NUNES, WILLIAN G.; FREITAS, BRUNO G. A.; BERALDO, RENATO M.; MACIEL FILHO, RUBENS; DA SILVA, LEONARDO M.; ZANIN, HUDSON. A rational experimental approach to identify correctly the working voltage window of aqueous-based supercapacitors. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 10, n. 1, NOV 5 2020. (18/20756-6, 17/11958-1, 14/02163-7)

NUNES, WILLIAN G.; PIRES, BRUNO M.; DE OLIVEIRA, FRANCISCA E. R.; DE MARQUE, ALINE M. P.; CREMASCO, LETICIA F.; VICENTINI, RAFAEL; DOUBEK, GUSTAVO; DA SILVA, LEONARDO M.; ZANIN, HUDSON. Study of the aging process of nanostructured porous carbon-based electrodes in electrochemical capacitors filled with aqueous or organic electrolytes. JOURNAL OF ENERGY STORAGE, v. 28, APR 2020. (18/20756-6, 14/02163-7, 17/11958-1)

ALEXANDRELI, MURILO; BROCCHI, CESAR B.; SOARES, DAVI MARCELO; NUNES, WILLIAN G.; FREITAS, BRUNO G.; DE OLIVEIRA, FRANCISCA E. R.; ARANHA SCHIAVO, LUIZ EDUARDO CAMARGO; PETERLEVITZ, ALFREDO C.; DA SILVA, LEONARDO M.; ZANIN, HUDSON. Pseudocapacitive behaviour of iron oxides supported on carbon nanofibers as a composite electrode material for aqueous-based supercapacitors. JOURNAL OF ENERGY STORAGE, v. 42, OCT 2021. (17/11958-1, 14/02163-7, 18/20756-6)

FREITAS, BRUNO; NUNES, WILLIAN G.; SOARES, DAVI MARCELO; RUFINO, FERNANDO C.; MOREIRA, CASSIO MURILO; DA SILVA, LEONARDO MORAIS; ZANIN, HUDSON. Robust, flexible, freestanding and high surface area activated carbon and multi-walled carbon nanotubes composite material with outstanding electrode properties for aqueous-based supercapacitors. MATERIALS ADVANCES, MAR 2021. (18/20756-6, 17/11958-1, 14/02163-7)