Electrochemical performance of nickel oxide/KOH/active carbon super-capacitor

作     者：XiaofengWang DazhiWang CuiweiDo XianghuaKong QingguoLiu 

作者机构：DepartmentofmechanicalengineeringTsinghuaUniversityBeijing100084China StateSupportLaboratoryonSolidElectrolytesandMetallutgica''lTestingTechniquesUniversityofScience&TechnologyBeijingBeijing100083China 

出 版 物：《Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing》 (北京科技大学学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2002年第9卷第4期

页      面：277-281页

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学科分类：080801[工学-电机与电器] 0808[工学-电气工程] 08[工学] 

基　　金：the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.59807001) 

主　　题：nickel oxide active carbon super-capacitor pseudo-capacitance 

摘      要：The fabrication and characterization of new type Nickel oxide/KOH/Activecarbon super-capacitor have been described. Porous nickel oxide was prepared by hydrolysis of nickelacetate and heated in air at 300 deg C. The resulting nickel oxide behaved as an electrochemicalcapacitor electrode with a specific capacitance (50-70 F/g) superior to most active carbonelectrodes. This kind of nickel oxide maintained high utilization at high rate of discharge (i.e.,high power density) and had excellent cycle life more than 1000 times, while the capacitance of thecell composed of two identical nickel oxide electrodes was poor at high discharge current densityand the maximum operational voltage of this type capacitor was limited to 0.5 V. A new typesuper-capacitor was designed in which the nickel oxide and the active carbon were applied to thepositive and negative electrodes respectively. The breakdown voltage of this type super-capacitorwas improved effectively to 0.8 V and excellent characteristic of high power discharge was attainedin this way. The Nickel oxide/KOH/Active carbon super-capacitor has promising potentials in portabletelecommunications, uninterruptable power supplies and battery load leveling applications.