Abstract:
The carbon aerogel was prepared by the polycondensation of resorcinol (R) with formaldehyde (F) and sodium carbonate was added as a catalyst (C). Hydrothermal method was used to prepare MnO
2/CRF composite using KBrO
3 and MnSO
4•H
2O as raw materials. The structure of composite was characterized by N
2 adsorption and XRD. The result shows that MnO
2 prepared by hydrothermal method is pure pyrolusite, and the add of carbon aerogel powder doesn’t influence its crystal structure. Electrochemical characterization was performed using cyclic voltammetry and chronopotentiometry in 1 mol/L KOH aqueous solution electrolyte. The electrode has a stable electrochemistry performance, and preferable reversibility, the specific capacitanceof MnO
2/CRF electrode was 146.6 F/g under 1 mA current densities.The electrode presented a stable capacitance after 500 cycles and it’s an ideal electrochemical materials.