Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology

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Nitrogen and Fluorine Co-doped Activated Carbon for Supercapacitors

  • Kim, Juyeon (Energy Materials Center, Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering & Technology) ;
  • Chun, Jinyoung (Energy Materials Center, Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering & Technology) ;
  • Kim, Sang-Gil (EDLC PT, VITZROCELL Co., Ltd.) ;
  • Ahn, Hyojun (Department of Materials and Engineering, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Roh, Kwang Chul (Energy Materials Center, Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering & Technology)
  • Received : 2017.09.28
  • Accepted : 2017.11.27
  • Published : 2017.12.31
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Abstract

Activated carbon has lower electrical conductivity and reliability than other carbonaceous materials because of the oxygen functional groups that form during the activation process. This problem can be overcome by doping the material with heteroatoms to reduce the number of oxygen functional groups. In the present study, N, F co-doped activated carbon (AC-NF) was successfully prepared by a microwave-assisted hydrothermal method, utilizing commercial activated carbon (AC-R) as the precursor and ammonium tetrafluoroborate as the single source for the co-doping of N and F. AC-NF showed improved electrical conductivity ($3.8\;S\;cm^{-1}$) with N and F contents of 0.6 and 0.1 at%, respectively. The introduction of N and F improved the performance of the pertinent supercapacitor: AC-NF exhibited an improved rate capability at current densities of $0.5-50mA\;cm^{-2}$. The rate capability was higher compared to that of raw activated carbon because N and F codoping increased the electrical conductivity of AC-NF. The developed method for the co-doping of N and F using a single source is cost-effective and yields AC-NF with excellent electrochemical properties; thus, it has promising applications in the commercialization of energy storage devices.

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