Croatica Chemica Acta, Vol. 90 No. 2, 2017.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.5562/cca3180
Electrochemical Characterisation of Sol-Gel Derived SnO2 for Supercapacitor Application
Marijana Kraljić Roković
; Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 19, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Gabrijela Ljubek
; Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Mark Žic
; Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Jasminka Popović
; Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Pseudocapacitive properties of SnO2 and Sb-doped SnO2 were determined in 0.5 mol dm–3 KCl solution. The samples were prepared by sol-gel method and analysed by X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD) and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE SEM). Rietveld refinement of XRPD data showed the changes in unit cell parameters due to the incorporation of Sb3+ into the host SnO2 lattice, while FE SEM pointed out the differences in morphology caused by doping. Specific capacitance values of 3.67 and 6.89 F g–1 were obtained for SnO2 and Sb-doped SnO2, respectively. Reaction mechanism of SnO2 that corresponds to the obtained mass change was proposed. It was shown that redox reactions of SnO2 and Sb-doped SnO2 are dependent on structural changes since different mass change properties were obtained in comparison to the previous reports carried out for other metal oxides.
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Keywords
SnO<sub>2</sub>; Sb-doped SnO<sub>2</sub>; supercapacitors; cyclic voltammetry; electrochemical quartz crystal nanobalance
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185962
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Publication date:
3.7.2017.
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