Mesoporous Iron Oxide Pseudocapacitive Electrodes with Mutually High Mass Loadings and Excellent Rate Capability
1. Mesoporous Iron Oxide Pseudocapacitive
Electrodes with Mutually High Mass Loadings
and Excellent Rate Capability
Tianyu LIU
Yat Li Lab
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of California, Santa Cruz
04/2019
ENFL #188
2. Outline
Background of Supercapacitors
Motivation – Make Hematite Great?
Synthesis and Characterizations
Electrochemical Performances
Summary
3. Outline
Background of Supercapacitors
Motivation – Make Hematite Great?
Synthesis and Characterizations
Electrochemical Performances
Summary
4. Supercapacitors
❑ Electrochemical energy storage devices
ChargingTime
LiuT. et al., J. Mater. Chem.A, 2017, 5, 17705-17733
< 1s to ~100 s
~ hours
(Supercapacitors)
(Batteries)
vs.
6. ❑ Mechanisms
Electrical Double
Layer Capacitance
Pseudo-
capacitance
Activated Carbon,
CNT, Graphene etc.
Conjugated polymers,
metal oxides etc.
ENFL #547
4/3, 2:25 pm – 2:40 pm
West Hall B4,Theater 13, OCCC
Capacitance
7. Outline
Background of Supercapacitors
Motivation – Make Hematite Great?
Synthesis and Characterizations
Electrochemical Performances
Summary
8. The Pros and Cons of Hematite
• Pseudocapacitive
• Inexpensive
• Environmentally benign
• Stable
• Poorly conductive (e-)
PROS CONS
Iron oxide, hematite (α-Fe2O3)
9. Charge Carrier Kinetics
Low mass loading
e transport
Ion diffusion
High mass loading
>5-10 mg cm-2
Commercially promising
Capacitance
Charge/Discharge Rate
o Good rate capability
o Low capacitance
0
Capacitance
Charge/Discharge Rate
o High capacitance
o Poor rate capability
0
10. Outline
Background of Supercapacitors
Motivation – Make Hematite Great?
Synthesis and Characterizations
Electrochemical Performances
Summary
11. Ion Percolation
❑ Introducing pores
Small Pores Intermediate Pores Large Pores
Ion flux
• High capacitance
• Poor rate capability
• Good rate capability
• Limited capacitance
Mesopore
(2-200 nm)
solvent
22. Outline
Background of Supercapacitors
Motivation – Make Hematite Great?
Synthesis and Characterizations
Electrochemical Performances
Summary
23. Conclusion
o Introducing glucose
in the hydrothermal
system
o Mesoporous iron
oxide films with
high mass loadings
o Facilitated ion diffusion and
improved rate capability
5 nm