• Nano-Micro Letters
  • Vol. 16, Issue 1, 235 (2024)
Gan Chen1,2, Fangming Han1,2,*, Huachun Ma4, Pei Li1,2..., Ziyan Zhou1,2, Pengxiang Wang1,2, Xiaoyan Li4,**, Guowen Meng1,2,*** and Bingqing Wei3,****|Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key 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
  • 2Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People’s Republic of China
  • 3Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA
  • 4Mechano-X Institute, Applied Mechanics Laboratory, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People’s Republic of China
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    DOI: 10.1007/s40820-024-01458-6 Cite this Article
    Gan Chen, Fangming Han, Huachun Ma, Pei Li, Ziyan Zhou, Pengxiang Wang, Xiaoyan Li, Guowen Meng, Bingqing Wei. High Density 3D Carbon Tube Nanoarray Electrode Boosting the Capacitance of Filter Capacitor[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2024, 16(1): 235 Copy Citation Text show less

    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.
    Gan Chen, Fangming Han, Huachun Ma, Pei Li, Ziyan Zhou, Pengxiang Wang, Xiaoyan Li, Guowen Meng, Bingqing Wei. High Density 3D Carbon Tube Nanoarray Electrode Boosting the Capacitance of Filter Capacitor[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2024, 16(1): 235
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