NANOSTRUCTURED CARBON ELECTRODE, METHODS OF FABRICATING AND APPLICATIONS OF THE SAME

摘要

Nanostructured carbon electrode usable for electrochemical devices and methods of fabricating the same. The method of fabricating a nanostructured carbon electrode includes providing a carbon material of polyaromatic hydrocarbon (PAH), mixing the carbon material of PAH with a surfactant in a solution to form a suspension thereof; depositing the suspension onto a substrate to form a layered structure; and sintering the layered structure at a temperature for a period of time to form a nanostructured carbon electrode having a film of PAH.

主权项

1. A method for fabricating a nanostructured carbon electrode, comprising the steps of:
(a) providing a polyaromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) soot material produced by a hydrogen containing gas electrical arc, wherein operation of the hydrogen containing gas electrical arc is devoid of oxygen, and the PAH soot material is devoid of oxygen atoms; (b) mixing the PAH soot material with a surfactant in a solution to form a suspension thereof; (c) depositing the suspension onto a substrate to form a layered structure; and (d) sintering the layered structure at a temperature for a period of time to form a nanostructured carbon electrode comprising a film of PAH, wherein the surfactant does not exist in the film of PAH, and the film of PAH is devoid of oxygen atoms.