Electrohydrodynamic(EHD)3D printing of ca rbon-based materials in the form of orderly networks can have various applications.In this work,microscale carbon/nickel(C-Ni)composite electrodes with controlled porosity hav...Electrohydrodynamic(EHD)3D printing of ca rbon-based materials in the form of orderly networks can have various applications.In this work,microscale carbon/nickel(C-Ni)composite electrodes with controlled porosity have been utilized in electrochemical energy storage of supercapacitors.Polyacrylonitrile(PAN)was chosen as the basic material for its excellent carbonization performance and EHD printing property.Nickel nitrate(Ni(NO_(3))_(2))was incorporated to form Ni nanoparticles which can improve the conductivity and the capacitance performance of the electrode.Well-aligned PAN-Ni(NO_(3))_(2) composite structures have been fabricated and carbonized as C-Ni electrodes with the typical diameter of 9.2±2.1μm.The porosity of the as-prepared C-Ni electrode can be controlled during the EHD process.Electrochemical results show the C-Ni network electrode has achieved a 2.3 times higher areal specific capacitance and 1.7 times higher mass specific capacitance than those of a spin-coated electrode.As such,this process offers a facile and scalable strategy for the fabrication of orderly carbon-based conductive structures for various applications such as energy storage devices and printable electronics.展开更多
基金supported in part by Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center&Berkeley Biomolecular Nanotechnology Centerfinancially supported by the National Key Research and Design Program of China(No.2018YFA0703000)+3 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51675412,51422508)the Key Research Project of Shaanxi Province(No.2020GXLH-Y-021)The Youth Innovation Team of Shaanxi Universities and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universitiesfinancial support from China Scholarship Council。
文摘Electrohydrodynamic(EHD)3D printing of ca rbon-based materials in the form of orderly networks can have various applications.In this work,microscale carbon/nickel(C-Ni)composite electrodes with controlled porosity have been utilized in electrochemical energy storage of supercapacitors.Polyacrylonitrile(PAN)was chosen as the basic material for its excellent carbonization performance and EHD printing property.Nickel nitrate(Ni(NO_(3))_(2))was incorporated to form Ni nanoparticles which can improve the conductivity and the capacitance performance of the electrode.Well-aligned PAN-Ni(NO_(3))_(2) composite structures have been fabricated and carbonized as C-Ni electrodes with the typical diameter of 9.2±2.1μm.The porosity of the as-prepared C-Ni electrode can be controlled during the EHD process.Electrochemical results show the C-Ni network electrode has achieved a 2.3 times higher areal specific capacitance and 1.7 times higher mass specific capacitance than those of a spin-coated electrode.As such,this process offers a facile and scalable strategy for the fabrication of orderly carbon-based conductive structures for various applications such as energy storage devices and printable electronics.
