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We have discovered a huge enhancement of the supercapacity (up to 4 times) under sun illumination of electrodes fabricated from cavitated nanoporous carbon being carbonized from an iodine doped β–cyclodexryn. This effect was achieved even without a frequently used KOH treatment and is caused by enhancement of effective activated surfaces. The synthesized cavitated nanoporous carbon exhibits principally different accumulative features at the carbon/electrolyte interface. Relationship between the porous structure, electronic properties of supramolecular nanoporous carbon and enhanced supercapacitance is explored. The impedance spectroscopy measurements (Nyquist diagram) apparently suggest a capacitance mechanism for the energy accumulation. Enhancement of the supercapacity is explained by light-generated carriers in low-dimensional nano-interfaces in relevant mechanism an increasing concentration of delocalized electrons resulting in unlocking of the Helmholtz layer capacity.

The surface of microporous Norit® GAC 830 W carbon was fluoroalkylated by heating in 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane and 1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoroethane at 400 and 500 °C. Elemental analysis, FTIR ATR spectroscopy, and TG studies showed the presence of ∼0.1–0.7 mmol g−1 of the fluorine-containing groups. Nitrogen adsorption measurements and quenched solid density functional theory simulations proved an increase in the mesoporosity. By combining the results of solid-state 19F NMR and XPS analyses, we determined the functionalization of the carbon surface with CF, CF3, and CF2 fluorine-containing groups. Supercapacitor electrodes prepared from these materials were subjected to the charge-discharge tests and electrical impedance measurements. During galvanostatic cycling in the aqueous 30% KOH, they showed an enhanced charge capacitance compared to the parent (830 W) and the reference (Supra 30) carbons. These observations suggest that the fluoroalkylated surface and the modified microporous structure have an additive effect on capacitance parameters of carbon electrodes studied in symmetric, negative and positive modes. The fluoroalkylation caused an increase in the surface capacitance up to 38%. Herein, we demonstrate the fluoroalkylation is a simple way to increase a capacitance of carbon electrodes.

The purpose of this work is to expand the class of electrical energy storage devices with non-conjugate functional hybridity. Cyclodextrins of β- and γ-modifications has used as a starting material for research. These materials containing intramolecular voids, which are able to accommodate guest components by molecular recognition on the "lock-key" principle. Methods of precision porometry and impedance spectroscopy has used to study the obtained carbon structures, electrochemical and magnetic measurements has performed to study the obtained carbon structures. Data of the precision porometry has indicated a bimodal porous structure of the synthesized chars. The total specific surface area of active surface of the β-cyclodextrin carbonizate was about 72 m2/g. After KOH-modification, the specific capacity for β-cyclodextrin char was 158 F/g, and in the negative potential range – 203 F/g. The last value for γ-cyclodextrin carbon was 162 F/g. The ability of β-cyclodextrin to molecular recognition of ferrocene (FC) has used and this cavitat has subjected to activation carbonation according to the same modes as β-cyclodextrin. The specific capacity of the obtained char of the β-CD complex after the KOH-modification was 110 F/g, the specific capacity of the cavitate carbon synthesized on γ-CD has dropped twice. The study of complexes host-guest inclusions β-cyclodextrin with molecular iodine has indicated a slight increase of capacity. However, their interface with 30 % aqueous electrolyte solution has shown high photosensitivity. The specific capacitance of the cavitate carbon without KOH-modification has increased four times when it was illuminated with integral and monochromatic light from LEDs of the same intensity. Magnetic studies of the synthesized carbonates have shown that they all demonstrate ferromagnetic properties. Measurement under normal conditions and in a constant magnetic field of cells of symmetric configuration on carbon-based electrodes synthesized with γ-CD and γ-CD has showed that their capacitance practically does not change, but their reactance parameters change significantly. Supercapacitors based on these carbonates can serve as sensors of a weak magnetic field at room temperature. Magnetovarionistors is a new class of devices, which are forming on such kind of supercapacitors.

The problem of coupling the porous structure of carbon materials with their electronic structure to achieve the maximum efficient operation of an electric double layer, i.e., the interfaces with the electrolyte, was considered. The initial materials for producing activated carbon were flax and field horsetail fibers. The effect of introducing iron-containing impurities into the initial raw flax material and natural silicon in the horsetail structure on the parameters of capacitive energy storage was studied. The investigation of the capacitance-voltage characteristics of the electric double layer, magnetic properties, and Raman spectroscopy data made it possible to propose a mechanism explaining the data obtained.

We performed impedance spectroscopy studies on intercalated multilayer structures of type-layered inorganic semiconductor (gallium selenide and indium selenide)/organic semiconductors (N,N′-dimethyl-3,4,9,10-perylenetetracarboxylic diimide), which revealed the appearance of low-frequency inductive response as a result of intercalation of organic semiconductors (OS) into inorganic semiconducting layers. A current–voltage characteristic has the shape of Coulomb steps with a step 0.32 V that are blurred due to superimposition of electric field and illumination. An applied electric field and illumination during the introduction of OS leads to the formation of electrets and photoelectret states that modify polarisation and photoprocesses in accordance with the conductivity type of nonorganic matrix.

The thermodynamic and kinetic regularities of the intercalation of lithium into C-SiO2 nanocomposites are studied. The dependence of the differential capacity and kinetic intercalation parameters on the size of nanocomposite particles is established. According to theoretical analysis, the obtained results are explained as resulting from the quantum-mechanical effect of the interference blockage of the tunneling of an electron into a nonmetallic nanoparticle. An impedance model of processes and its parametric identification are given. A new class of electrochemical energy generators is proposed.

We report on stable in time organic photovoltaic devices based on metal-phthalocyanine structures, which were formed by vacuum deposition of nickel phthalocyanine (NiPc). The reported stability is due to ultra-thin zinc oxide (ZnO) layer formed at low temperature on top of the structure (beneath the metal contact) by atomic layer deposition (ALD) technique. We performed comparative analysis of current density–voltage characteristics and frequency dependencies of the impedance for freshly made ITO/NiPc/ZnO/Al and ITO/NiPc/Al devices and after storage during one month in air. We conclude that introducing of ultra-thin ZnO film into under-cathode region of ITO/NiPc/Al structure provides long-term protection of NiPc films from atmospheric effects.

The possibility is shown of designing a functional hybrid galvanophotocapacitor active system that would be able to use, if necessary, its own chemical energy in darkness instead of only the energy stored during illumination. In experiments, the Bridgman-grown n-type indium monoselenide was used as the photosensitive anode. Electrochemical investigations were carried out in a three-electrode cell with an aprotic solution of electrolyte; 0.4 M lithium-iodide solution in γ-butyrolactone acid and 1M lithium-tetrafluorborate in the same solvent were chosen as the latter.

Intercalation of gallium and indium selenide crystals by nickel initiates their electret polarization. The effect manifests itself at small concentrations of the intercalant. Temperature dependences of dielectric permittivity for both crystals demonstrate peaks in the same region of concentration. The effect is presumably connected with the ordering of local quasi-dipoles caused by the redistribution of intercalant atoms between octahedral and two tetrahedral positions. It is shown that a microscopic four-state model is able to reproduce a peak-like behaviour of the polarization at change of the intercalant chemical potential (concentration) and peculiarities of temperature dependences of the transverse dielectric susceptibility.

The mechanisms of the photoelectretic effect appearing on Ni intercalation GaSe were studied. The presence of the photoelectretic effect for such an object of investigation can be explained by the estimation that in Ni intercalated GaSe , the nonequilibrium electrons and holes excited by light occurred on an asymmetric potential well.

We have studied the thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of the intercalation of lithium, potassium, magnesium, and iodine ions in chemically modified natural bentonite. X-ray diffraction data and thermodynamic analysis indicate that the Li+ intercalation leads to the formation of a continuous series of nonstoichiometric phases, except for a phase transition in the range 0.15 < x < 0.45 (where x is the mole fraction of the guest) and the formation of a new, structurally ordered phase in an almost amorphous matrix at x = 0.6. The K+ intercalation leads to the formation of a continuous series of phases, and the Mg2+ intercalation carries the system to a two-phase state over the entire composition range studied. Iodine can only be intercalated in a narrow range (

Intercalated crystals of indium and gallium selenide are prepared. It is shown that laser intercalation of nickel into GaSe samples leads to a giant magnetoresistive effect whose magnitude and sign depend on the concentration of the guest component. The giant magnetoresistive effect in the InSe intercalation compounds is considerably weaker and does not exceed 5%. The experimental data obtained are explained in terms of magnetic delocalization (localization) of charge carriers with the participation of states of intercalated magnetically active atoms in the vicinity of the Fermi level.