1. Silicon carbide nanowires as highly robust electrodes for micro-supercapacitors
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Alper, John P., Kim, Mun Sek, Vincent, Maxime, Hsia, Ben, Radmilovic, Velimir, Carraro, Carlo, and Maboudian, Roya
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SILICON carbide , *NANOWIRES , *ROBUST control , *ELECTRODES , *SUPERCAPACITORS , *THIN films - Abstract
Abstract: The effectiveness of silicon carbide (SiC) nanowires (NW) as electrode material for micro-supercapacitors has been investigated. SiC NWs are grown on a SiC thin film coated with a thin Ni catalyst layer via a chemical vapor deposition route at 950 °C. A specific capacitance in the range of ∼240 μF cm−2 is demonstrated, which is comparable to the values recently reported for planar micro-supercapacitor electrodes. Charge–discharge studies demonstrate the SiC nanowires exhibit exceptional stability, with 95% capacitance retention after 2 × 105 charge/discharge cycles in an environmentally benign, aqueous electrolyte. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2013
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