Investigating the asymmetry in the EDL response of C-60/graphene supercapacitors

Autor(es)

Fileti, Eudes Eterno ^[1] ; Colherinhas, Guilherme ^{[2, 3]}

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Fed Sao Paulo, Inst Ciencia & Tecnol, BR-12247014 Sao Jose Dos Campos, SP - Brazil

^[2] Univ Fed Goias, Inst Fis, BR-74690900 Goiania, Go - Brazil

^[3] Univ Fed Goias, CEPAE, Dept Fis, BR-74690900 Goiania, Go - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics; v. 21, n. 28, p. 15362-15371, JUL 28 2019.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

Development of efficient electrodes is one of the main ways to increase the performance of an electrochemical energy storage device. It is known that such performance is associated with the electrode specific area, which allows a much larger interfacial interaction with the electrolyte. In this work, molecular dynamics is employed to model C-60/graphene composite electrodes that can expand the effective area by approximately 70% relative to a pure graphene electrode. Our simulations indicate that the performance of supercapacitors of C-60/graphene electrodes is superior to those made of planar graphene, in some cases up to 150%. The inherent electrolyte asymmetry in the investigated supercapacitors has a negative effect on the total capacitance, indicating that even better results could be obtained after rational design of the fullerene density on the surface of the graphene as well as the choice of the ions in the liquid ionic composition. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 17/11631-2 - CINE: desenvolvimento computacional de materiais utilizando simulações atomísticas, meso-escala, multi-física e inteligência artificial para aplicações energéticas
• Beneficiário: Juarez Lopes Ferreira da Silva
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa Centros de Pesquisa em Engenharia