以热处理后的煤沥青焦为原料,采用KOH活化法制备了具有较小比表面积(〈200m2/g)的系列微晶炭。采用N2吸附、X射线衍射(XRD)和X射线光电子能谱(XPS)等手段表征了微晶炭的孔结构、微晶结构以及表面化学性质,研究了微晶炭作为超级电容器电极材料在1 mol/L的四乙基四氟化硼酸铵盐/碳酸丙烯酯电解液体系中的电容性能。结果表明:制得的微晶炭具有大量类石墨微晶和较高的石墨化度,d002(晶面层间距)为0.356-0.666 nm,表面含碳量大于95% 活化6 h后,在4.0 V下微晶炭的质量比电容高达139 F/g。微晶炭的储电行为包括插层电容和双电层电容两部分,其中电活化所造成的插层电容是决定微晶炭最终比电容的主要因素,插层电容主要由电极材料的石墨化度决定。
Crystallite carbons(CCs) with low BET specific surface area(200 m-2/g) have been prepared by KOH activation from pre-heated coal pitch based cokes.The pore structure,crystallite structure and surface chemistry of CCs were investigated by N_2 adsorption,X-ray diffraction(XRD) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS),respectively.The capacitance performance of CCs as electrode materials for supercapacitors in 1 mol/L tetraethylammonium tetra-fluoroborate/propylene carbonate(Et_4NBF_4/PC) electrolyte was evaluated.Results reveal that CCs have a large amount of graphite-like crystallites and high graphitization degree.The value of d_(002) is in the range of 0.356 to 0.666 nm and the surface carbon contents are above 95%.When activating time is 6 h,the obtained CCs shows maximum mass capacitance of 139 F/g charging at 4.0 V.The energy storage behaviors are mainly composed of intercalation capacitance and electrochemical double-layer capacitance.The intercalation capacitance initiated by "electrical activation" is the main part of the whole capacitance and the value is determined by graphitization degree of the electrode material.