An Aqueous Metal-ion Capacitor with Oxidised Carbon Nanotubes and Metallic Zinc Electrodes

An aqueous metal ion capacitor comprising of a zinc anode, an oxidized carbon nanotubes (oCNTs) cathode and a zinc sulfate electrolyte is reported. Since the shuttling cation is Zn2+, this typical metal ion capacitor is named as zinc-ion capacitor (ZIC). The ZIC integrates the divalent zinc strippin...

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Main Authors: Yuheng Tian, Rose Amal, Dawei Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Energy Research
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fenrg.2016.00034/full