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Enhancing capacitor lifetime by alternate constant polarization
- Source :
- Journal of Power Sources. 506:230131
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Abstract
- This paper reports the successful attempts of symmetric aqueous electrochemical capacitor (EC) lifespan extension. A novel exploitation procedure, i.e., alternate floating, is herein proposed. Since only the positive electrode ages remarkably in EC systems with LiNO3 as the electrolyte, it is demonstrated that alternate polarization allows the properties of the negative electrode to be fully exploited. In our approach both electrodes play the role of the positive electrode and the negative one alternately; carbon electrodes were subjected to standard and alternate voltage-holding polarization. To observe the capacitor behavior under alternate floating at different conditions, various electrolyte concentrations of LiNO3 (0.2ā5.0 mol Lā1) were used. It was found that the utilization of alternate polarization during the aging test allows the lifespan of the capacitor to be noticeably prolonged. Moreover, the lifetime improvement strongly depends on the electrolyte concentration. A maximum improvement of 83% of capacitor operation time is achieved for 0.2 mol Lā1 LiNO3, i.e., almost doubling the operation time. The aged electrodes were tested postmortem using SEM, TEM, XPS and N2 sorption at 77 K. The results demonstrated that the alternate floating protocol ages both electrodes almost equally.
- Subjects :
- Aqueous solution
Materials science
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
business.industry
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Sorption
02 engineering and technology
Electrolyte
010402 general chemistry
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
Electrochemistry
01 natural sciences
0104 chemical sciences
law.invention
Capacitor
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
law
Electrode
Optoelectronics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
0210 nano-technology
Polarization (electrochemistry)
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03787753
- Volume :
- 506
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Power Sources
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b5e19ff34aa3efe73ab2a7f24f97dd78
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230131