Electric Double Layer Capacitance Performance of Porous Carbons Prepared by Defluorination of Polytetrafluoroethylene with Potassium

Autor: Soshi Shiraishi, Hiroaki Hatori, Yoshio Yamada, Osamu Tanaike, Asao Oya, Tien-Tzu Liang
Rok vydání: 2002
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Zdroj: Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters. 5:A283
ISSN: 1099-0062
DOI: 10.1149/1.1516909
Popis: Porous carbons (Brunauer-Emmett-Teller surface area 999 m 2 /g) prepared by defluorination of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) powder with potassium metal showed a very high capacitance of the electrical double layer (229 F/g). Such a high value is considered to be due not only to the contribution of microporosity, but also to the development of mesoporosity. When the original PTFE was subjected to γ-ray irradiation to reduce the polymerization degree, the carbon obtained in the same procedure showed only a slightly higher value (237 F/g). The relationship between the capacitance and pore size was discussed by taking into consideration the results for conventional activated carbon fibers.
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