Supercapacitor electrode material having combined porous titanium oxide and carbon-based material, and method for manufacturing same
The present invention relates to a supercapacitor electrode material in which a transition metal oxide and a carbon-based material are combined, and particularly, to a supercapacitor electrode material which increases) the capacitance of a capacitor by increasing a specific surface area through the process of making pores of a transition metal oxide and then applying the transition metal oxide having the increased specific surface area, and to a method for manufacturing the supercapacitor electrode material. According to the present invention, the supercapacitor electrode material is manufactured by mixing and reacting a layered titanium oxide with a spherical titanium oxide to obtain a porous titanium oxide, and combining the porous titanium oxide with a carbon-based material.
1. A supercapacitor electrode material comprising:
a porous titanium oxide, the porous titanium oxide being in a form in which a spherical titanium oxide is between layers of a layered titanium oxide; and
a carbon-based material.
2. The supercapacitor electrode material of claim 1 , wherein the carbon-based material is comprised in a range of 10 to 800 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the porous titanium oxide.
3. The supercapacitor electrode material of claim 1 , wherein the spherical titanium oxide in the porous titanium oxide is comprised in a range of 10 to 100 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the layered titanium oxide.
4. The supercapacitor electrode material of claim 1 , wherein the spherical titanium oxide has a particle diameter in a range of 1 to 10 nm.
5. The supercapacitor electrode material of claim 1 , wherein the carbon-based material is carbon nano tube (CNT).
6. A method for manufacturing a supercapacitor electrode material, the method comprising:
inserting a macro organic material between layers of a layered titanium oxide to weaken interlaminar force;
inserting a spherical titanium oxide between the layers of the layered titanium oxide;
performing a heat treatment on the spherical titanium oxide with the layered titanium oxide to obtain a porous titanium oxide; and
combining the porous titanium oxide, which is in a form in which the spherical titanium oxide is between the layers of the layered titanium oxide, with a carbon-based material to form the supercapacitor electrode material.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein in order to weaken the interlaminar force of the layered titanium oxide, a macro organic material having a mole number, which is the same as that of hydrogen ions comprised in the layered titanium oxide, and the layered titanium oxide are introduced into distilled water and mixed.
8. The method of claim 6 , wherein in order to insert the spherical titanium oxide between the layers of the layered titanium oxide, a spherical titanium oxide in a range of 10 to 100 parts by weight is mixed with 100 parts by weight of the layered titanium oxide.
9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the heat treatment is performed in a temperature range of 200 to 600° C. for 1 to 3 hours.
10. The method of claim 6 , wherein in order to combine the porous titanium oxide with the carbon-based material, a carbon-based material in a range of 10 to 800 parts by weight is mixed with 100 parts by weight of the porous titanium oxide.