Method for constructing asymmetric super capacitor based on sodium sulfite electrolyte
Technical Field
The invention relates to a method for constructing an asymmetric supercapacitor based on a sodium sulfite electrolyte, and belongs to the technical field of electrochemical energy storage.
Background
The super capacitor is a novel efficient secondary power supply between a battery and a traditional capacitor, and has the advantages of long cycle life, high power density, safety, environmental friendliness and the like. The power density of the battery is 10 to 100 times higher than that of the battery, and the battery can instantly release extra large current, so that the battery is very suitable for electric vehicles. For example, the super capacitor can be used as an electric vehicle together with high-energy batteries such as lithium secondary batteries, and the performance of the electric vehicle can be greatly improved by using the super capacitor under the working conditions of high-power output such as starting, climbing and accelerating. In addition, the super capacitor can also be widely applied to the fields of communication, industry and the like as a standby power supply and an independent power supply. Therefore, supercapacitors have been the focus of research.
The asymmetric super electric appliance mainly comprises electrodes, electrolyte, a diaphragm and a package, wherein the electrolyte is one of key factors influencing the super capacitor. Currently based on MnO2//Fe2O3Sodium sulfate electrolyte is commonly used in asymmetric super electrical appliances, but the currently reported work such as adv.funct.mater.2016,26, 3711-.
Because the sodium sulfite electrolyte can be used as a redox electrolyte, a pseudo capacitor can be additionally provided, and the sodium sulfite electrolyte has an ultra-wide potential window in a negative region according to the energy density formula of 1/2CV2Its energy density (E) is related to its operating potential window (V) and its capacity (C). However, sodium sulfite electrolyte can only be applied to symmetrical supercapacitors at present, and the maximum voltage window V can only reach 1.2V, so that the application of sodium sulfite is greatly limited.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to break through the current situation that sodium sulfite can only be applied to a symmetrical super capacitor, apply sodium sulfite electrolyte to the asymmetrical super capacitor, overcome the defects of narrow potential window and low energy density of the symmetrical super capacitor, and construct a method for a water system double-electrolyte asymmetrical super capacitor with a 2.6V ultra-wide potential window, which has the characteristics of high capacity, excellent cycle life, 2.6V ultra-wide working potential window, high energy density, low cost, good safety performance and the like.
The technical scheme of the invention is as follows:
a method for constructing an asymmetric supercapacitor based on sodium sulfite electrolyte utilizes a cation exchange membrane to block sodium sulfite from entering a positive electrode to prepare a double-electrolyte asymmetric supercapacitor, and comprises the following specific steps:
separating positive electrode material and negative electrode material ferric oxide with cation exchange membrane, dripping electrolyte into positive electrode part, dripping sodium sulfite electrolyte into negative electrode part, and packaging to obtain MnO2//Fe2O3An aqueous double-electrolyte asymmetric supercapacitor.
The cathode material may be any conventionally used cathode material, and may be manganese oxide, ruthenium oxide, cobalt oxide, or the like.
Preferably, the negative electrode material is a composite material of iron oxide quantum dots and graphene, or nanorod iron oxide.
The electrolyte of the positive electrode part can be neutral, acidic or alkaline electrolyte, and specifically can be sodium sulfate, potassium hydroxide or dilute sulfuric acid electrolyte.
Preferably, the concentration of the sodium sulfite electrolyte is 0.2M-2M.
Preferably, the cation exchange membrane may be CMI 7000.
The supercapacitor stores energy by means of polarized electrolyte, and by applying electricity to the plates, the positive plates attract negative ions in the electrolyte, the negative plates attract positive ions, and two capacitive storage layers are formed, wherein the separated positive ions are near the negative plates, and the negative ions are near the positive plates.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following advantages:
(1) the sodium sulfite electrolyte is used as redox electrolyte, so that pseudo capacitance can be additionally provided, and the sodium sulfite electrolyte has an ultra-wide potential window in a negative region, so that the super capacitor with ultra-high energy density is constructed.
(2) The current situation that sodium sulfite can only be applied to the formed super capacitor is broken through, the advantage of a high-capacity high-potential window of sodium sulfite electrolyte is successfully utilized, the assembled asymmetric super capacitor can normally work at 2.6V, and the method has important significance for the development of the high-energy-density super capacitor.
(3) The double-electrolyte asymmetric supercapacitor is suitable for different anode and cathode electrolytes, can maximize the utilization rate of anode and cathode materials, and has an important promotion effect on the development of the double-electrolyte asymmetric supercapacitor.
Drawings
FIG. 1 is a cyclic voltammogram based on the different potentials of sodium sulfite and sodium sulfate electrolytes of example 1.
Fig. 2 is a 2.6V charge-discharge curve for the sodium sulfite and sodium sulfate based electrolyte of example 1.
Fig. 3 is a cycle life graph of an asymmetric supercapacitor device based on an iron oxide cathode and a manganese oxide anode.
Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an asymmetric supercapacitor device based on iron oxide cathode and manganese oxide anode.
Detailed Description
The invention is explained in more detail below with reference to the figures and examples:
examples cation exchange membranes used were commercially available under the model CMI 7000.
Example 1
The first step of preparing manganese oxide: 0.15g of potassium permanganate is dissolved in 40 water, and then hydrothermal is carried out for 10 hours at 100 ℃, so as to successfully prepare the manganese oxide nano-sheet growing on the carbon cloth.
The second step is that: preparing iron oxide quantum dots: 0.5g of ferric nitrate and 0.05g of functional graphene are stirred in 30ml of alcohol solution until the mixture is dry, and then the mixture is decomposed into a compound of an iron oxide quantum dot and the graphene at 200 ℃.
The third step: assembling the water system double-electrolyte asymmetric supercapacitor: and sealing and fixing the cation exchange membrane and the negative electrode by using an aluminum-plastic membrane and a sealant, and dripping sodium sulfite electrolyte into the negative electrode part from the reserved opening. Then manganese oxide is fixed on the other side of the cation exchange membrane, three sides of the cation exchange membrane are sealed with the aluminum plastic membrane by using a sealant, sodium sulfate electrolyte is dripped, and finally the device is assembled by hot-press sealing.
Through tests, fig. 1 is a cyclic voltammetry curve based on different potentials of sodium sulfite and sodium sulfate electrolytes, and it can be seen that the device can normally operate at 2.6V. Fig. 2 shows the normal charge-discharge curve of the device at 2.6V, which indicates that the device can work normally at 2.6V. FIG. 3 is a cycle life diagram of the device, and it can be seen that the capacity of the asymmetric supercapacitor based on sodium sulfite can still reach 105F/g at a high scan speed, and the capacity retention rate reaches 93.2% after 2000 cycles. Fig. 4 is a photomicrograph of the device and a schematic view of the structure.
Example 2
The first step of preparing manganese oxide: 0.15g of potassium permanganate is dissolved in 40 water, and then hydrothermal is carried out for 10 hours at 100 ℃, so as to successfully prepare the manganese oxide nano-sheet growing on the carbon cloth.
The second step is that: preparing the nanorod iron oxide: dissolving 0.54g of ferric chloride and 0.284g of sodium sulfate in water, transferring the solution to a hydrothermal kettle, putting carbon cloth into the hydrothermal kettle, carrying out hydrothermal treatment at 120 ℃ for 10 hours, and annealing the solution at 400 ℃ for 1 hour in the air to successfully prepare the iron oxide nanorod.
The third step: assembling the water system double-electrolyte asymmetric supercapacitor: and sealing and fixing the cation exchange membrane and the negative electrode by using an aluminum-plastic membrane and a sealant, and dripping sodium sulfite electrolyte into the negative electrode part from the reserved opening. Then manganese oxide is fixed on the other side of the cation exchange membrane, three sides of the cation exchange membrane are sealed with the aluminum plastic membrane by using a sealant, sodium sulfate electrolyte is dripped, and finally the device is assembled by hot-press sealing.
Through tests, the device can operate normally at 2.6V, and the electrode 3 material is flexible, so that the device can be applied to flexible electronic devices.
Example 3
The first step of preparing manganese oxide: 0.15g of potassium permanganate is dissolved in 40 water, and then hydrothermal is carried out for 10 hours at 100 ℃, so as to successfully prepare the manganese oxide nano-sheet growing on the carbon cloth.
The second step is that: preparing iron oxide quantum dots: 0.5g of ferric nitrate and 0.05g of functional graphene are stirred in 30ml of alcohol solution until the mixture is dry, and then the mixture is decomposed into a compound of an iron oxide quantum dot and the graphene at 200 ℃.
The third step: assembling the water system double-electrolyte asymmetric supercapacitor: and sealing and fixing the cation exchange membrane and the negative electrode by using an aluminum-plastic membrane and a sealant, and dripping sodium sulfite electrolyte into the negative electrode part from the reserved opening. Then manganese oxide is fixed on the other side of the cation exchange membrane, three sides of the cation exchange membrane are sealed with the aluminum plastic membrane by using a sealant, sodium hydroxide electrolyte is dripped, and finally the device is assembled by hot-press sealing.
Example 4
The first step of preparing manganese oxide: 0.15g of potassium permanganate is dissolved in 40 water, and then hydrothermal is carried out for 10 hours at 100 ℃, so as to successfully prepare the manganese oxide nano-sheet growing on the carbon cloth.
The second step is that: preparing iron oxide quantum dots: 0.5g of ferric nitrate and 0.05g of functional graphene are stirred in 30ml of alcohol solution until the mixture is dry, and then the mixture is decomposed into a compound of an iron oxide quantum dot and the graphene at 200 ℃.
The third step: assembling the water system double-electrolyte asymmetric supercapacitor: and sealing and fixing the cation exchange membrane and the negative electrode by using an aluminum-plastic membrane and a sealant, and dripping sodium sulfite electrolyte into the negative electrode part from the reserved opening. Then manganese oxide is fixed on the other side of the cation exchange membrane, three sides of the cation exchange membrane are sealed with the aluminum plastic membrane by using a sealant, dilute sulfuric acid electrolyte is dripped, and finally the device is assembled by hot-press sealing.