Laboratory of Electrode Processes in Liquid Systems, Competence Center for Technologies of New and Mobile Energy Sources, Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Russia
Dr. Dmitriy V. Konev
Laboratory of Electrode Processes in Liquid Systems, Competence Center for Technologies of New and Mobile Energy Sources, Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Russia
A series of carbon aerogels (C-AGs) were prepared by the pyrolysis of resorcinol-formaldehyde aerogels at 700–1100 °C as potential supercapacitor electrodes, and their texture and electrochemical properties were determined. The specific surface area of all C-AGs was in the range of 700–760 m2/g, their electron conductivity increased linearly from 0.4 to 4.46 S/cm with an increase of the pyrolysis temperature. The specific capacitance of electrode material based on C-AGs reached 100 F/g in sulfuric acid and could be realized at a 2 A/g charge-discharge current, which makes it possible to use carbon aerogels as electrode materials.