Review Article

Performance Enhancement of Carbon Nanomaterials for Supercapacitors

Table 6

One- and two-dimensional carbon nanomaterials composites as electrodes for supercapacitors.

RefMaterial typeGrowth processElectrolyteSpecific surface areaSpecific capacitanceEnergy and power density

[61]PAN and MWCNT
Carbonization and activation.
CNTs exposed
Electrospun1 M H2SO4810 m2/g. pore volume 0.294 cm3/g. micropore, 0.135 cm3/g. mesopores 0.159 cm3/g310 F/g
97% after 1000 cycles.
5.32 S/cm.

[22]MWCNTs on PAN-CNFs catalyst embedded insideElectrospun
CVD
Gel (0.8 V) 185 F/g at

[62]SWCNTs + PANElectrospun CVD6 M KOH (1 V)132 m2/g417 F/g
96% after 2000 cycles
8.82 S/m

[63] PAN-CNF + CNTS
Activation in KOH
CNTs by CVD1 M NaOH (1 V)950 m2/g 
Pore size 2–40 nm
213 F/g7.42 Wh/kg
11 Kw/kg
EMIMBF4 (4 V)146 F/g
97% after 20000 cycles
70 wh/kg
8.8 kW/kg,

[17]Graphene grown on PAN-CNFs carbonization in NH3N2 and O2 dopingElectrospun1 M Na2SO4 (1.8 V)93% after 5000 cycles29.1 Wh/kg 
7.2 KW/kg.

[64]GO sprayed on PAN-NFs during electrospinning followed by carbonizationGO diffuse inside CNFs6 M KOH (0.8 V)480 m2/g.
Pore volume 0.24 cm3/g.
Pore size 2 nm
183 F/g 
38 mF/cm2
92% after 4500 cycles
65.9 S/cm

[65]Phenolic NF/GO CNFs, carbonization.6 M KOH (0.9 V)12 F/cm37.6 S/cm

[66]Graphene + CNTs on Ti current collector1 M KCl (1 V)421 m2/g
Pore size 6.1 nm
72 F/g
1 M TEABF4/PC (3 V)50 F/g
EMI-TFSI IL (4 V)280 F/g155 wh/kg
263 kW/kg

[67]MWCNTs and graphene sheetCVD6 M KOH (1 V)91 F/g

[68]MWCNTs + GOs in PAN-CNFs Interlayer distance is 0.8 nmElectrospun0.5 M Na2SO4 (1 V)175.1 m2/g
Pore volume 0.156 cm3/g
120.5 F/g 
626 mF/cm2
109% after 5000 cycles
21.7 S/m

[69]CNFs-bridged porous carbon by carbonization
Activation
6 M KOH1037 m2/g pore volume 1.04 cm3/g261 F/g
170 F/cm3
97.6% after 10000 cycles
20.4 Wh/kg at 90 W/kg and 8 Wh/kg at 10 k W/kg
10.1 S/m