Assessment of nickel nanofoam as a novel material to be used as a current collector for supercapacitors

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV)

Confidenciality: No

Education area(s): Nanociència, Materials i Processos - Tecnologia Química de Frontera 

Title in different languages: Assessment of nickel nanofoam as a novel material to be used as a current collector for supercapacitors

Abstract: Porous current collectors offer a conductive network for a fast electron transport and a porous environment through which the electrolyte can wet the active material. In supercapacitors and other energy storage devices, this may be a great advantage over the commonly used metal foil current collectors. The objective of this work is to produce a supercapacitor electrode based on manganese dioxide supported onto a nickel nanofoam current collector without using insulating binders to fix the manganese dioxide on the current collector. Two approaches are attempted and compared to produce the manganese dioxide: electrodeposition and combustion synthesis.

Subject: Química

Academic year: 2016-2017

Language: Anglès

Work's public defense date: 2017-12-09

Subject areas: Chemistry

Student: Soler Bertran, Jacob

Department: Enginyeria Química

Creation date in repository: 2018-03-21

TFM credits: 24

Keywords: Supercapacitor, nanofoam, collector

Title in original language: Assessment of nickel nanofoam as a novel material to be used as a current collector for supercapacitors

Access Rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Project director: Fragoso Sierra, Alex