Raising the performance of a 4 V supercapacitor based on an EMIBF4–single walled carbon nanotube nanofluid electrolyte

Chuiyan Kong; Weizhong Qian; Chao Zheng; Yuntao Yu; Chaojie Cui; Fei Wei

doi:10.1039/C3CC46188B

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Raising the performance of a 4 V supercapacitor based on an EMIBF₄–single walled carbon nanotube nanofluid electrolyte†

Chuiyan Kong,^a Weizhong Qian,*^a Chao Zheng,^a Yuntao Yu,^a Chaojie Cui^a and Fei Wei^a

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Abstract

Addition of a single walled carbon nanotube in ionic liquids of EMIBF₄ produced a nanofluid with increased ionic conductivity. It, as the electrolyte, allowed the increase of the capacitance, energy density and cycling stability of a supercapacitor operated at 4 V.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC46188B
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 13 Aug 2013
Accepted: 25 Sep 2013
First published: 26 Sep 2013

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Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 10727-10729

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Raising the performance of a 4 V supercapacitor based on an EMIBF₄–single walled carbon nanotube nanofluid electrolyte

C. Kong, W. Qian, C. Zheng, Y. Yu, C. Cui and F. Wei, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 10727 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC46188B

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