Electrochemical behavior of graphene nanosheets in alkylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ionic liquid electrolytes: influences of organic solvents and the alkyl chains
- 2 August 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of Materials Chemistry
- Vol. 21 (35), 13205-13212
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c1jm11930c
Abstract
In this study, the electrochemical properties of graphene nanosheets (GNSs) in alkylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ionic liquids/organic solvent electrolytes are investigated by cyclic voltammetry (CV), galvanostatic charge/discharge and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The organic solvents with different functional groups exhibit a significant influence on the electrochemical properties of the GNSs. From series of organic solvents, in 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (EMIMBF4)/N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF, C3H7NO) electrolyte the GNS electrode shows the best electrochemical performance. Furthermore, the effect of the alkyl chains of ionic liquids on the electrochemical properties of GNSs was also evaluated through the electrochemical tests. The electrochemical properties of GNS electrode in 1-methyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (MMIMBF4)/DMF electrolyte are better than those in EMIMBF4/DMF and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (BMIMBF4)/DMF electrolytes. This may be attributed to the difference in the length of the alkyl chain on the imidazole ring, which results in the structural change of the electrode/ionic liquid interface and thus affects the electrochemical performance of the GNS electrode.Keywords
This publication has 46 references indexed in Scilit:
- Fabrication of carbon nanofiber–polyaniline composite flexible paper for supercapacitorNanoscale, 2010
- Graphene-Based UltracapacitorsNano Letters, 2008
- Charge storage mechanism of sonochemically prepared MnO2 as supercapacitor electrode: Effects of physisorbed water and proton conductionElectrochimica Acta, 2008
- Electrochemical capacitors based on electrodeposited ruthenium oxide on nanofibre substratesNanotechnology, 2006
- Polymer-based supercapacitorsJournal of Power Sources, 2001
- Carbon materials for the electrochemical storage of energy in capacitorsCarbon, 2001
- Supercapacitors Using Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube ElectrodesAdvanced Materials, 2001
- Supercapacitor electrodes from multiwalled carbon nanotubesApplied Physics Letters, 2000
- Studies of activated carbons used in double-layer capacitorsJournal of Power Sources, 1998
- The Aerocapacitor: An Electrochemical Double‐Layer Energy‐Storage DeviceJournal of the Electrochemical Society, 1993