Abstract
The performance of redox-enhanced electrochemical capacitors (redox ECs) is substantially improved when oxidized catholyte (bromide) and reduced anolyte (viologen) are retained within the porous electrodes through reversible counterion-induced solid complexation. Investigation of the mechanism illustrates design principles and identifies pentyl viologen/bromide (PV/Br) as a new high-performance electrolyte. The symmetric PV/Br redox EC produces a specific energy of 48.5 W·h/kgdry at 0.5 A/gdry (0.44 kW/kgdry) with 99.7% Coulombic efficiency, maintains stability over 10"000 cycles, and functions identically when operated with reversed polarity.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 9373-9376 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of the American Chemical Society |
| Volume | 138 |
| Issue number | 30 |
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| State | Published - 3 Aug 2016 |