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Diamond and Carbon Nanotube Composites for Supercapacitor Devices

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We report on the synthesis and electrochemical properties of diamond grown onto vertically aligned carbon nanotubes with high surface areas as a template, resulting in a composite material exhibiting high double-layer capacitance as well as low electrochemical impedance electrodes suitable for applications as supercapacitor devices. We contrast results from devices fabricated with samples which differ in both their initial substrates (Si and Ti) and their final diamond coatings, such as boron-doped diamond and diamond-like carbon (DLC). We present for first time a conducting model for non-doped DLC thin-films. All samples were characterized by scanning and transmission electron microscopy and Fourier transform infrared and Raman spectroscopy. Our results show specific capacitance as high as 8.25 F g−1 (∼1 F cm−2) and gravimetric specific energy and power as high as 0.7 W h kg−1 and 176.4 W kg−1, respectively, which suggest that these diamond/carbon nanotube composite electrodes are excellent candidates for supercapacitor fabrication.

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We would like to thank the LME/LNLS-Campinas and the University of Bristol for microscope facilities and NANOBIO for the Autolab facility. Also, we gratefully acknowledge the Brazilian Agency Fapesp (2014/02163-7) and the Royal Society for Newton Travel Fund NI140181 for financial support.

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  1. Laboratory of Energy Storage and Supply, Universidade do Vale do Paraiba, Av. Shishima Hifumi 2911, Sao Jose dos Campos, SP, CEP: 12244-000, Brazil

    João Vitor Silva Moreira & Hudson Zanin

  2. School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK

    Paul William May

  3. National Institute for Space Research, Av. dos Astronautas 1758, Sao Jose dos Campos, SP, CEP: 12227-010, Brazil

    Evaldo José Corat & Romário Araújo Pinheiro

  4. Carbon Sci-Tech Labs, University of Campinas, Campinas, 13081-970, Brazil

    Alfredo Carlos Peterlevitz & Hudson Zanin

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Moreira, J.V.S., May, P.W., Corat, E.J. et al. Diamond and Carbon Nanotube Composites for Supercapacitor Devices. J. Electron. Mater. 46, 929–935 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-016-5010-7

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