Studies on preparation and performances of carbon aerogel electrodes for the …

Abstract Carbon aerogelwas prepared by the polycondensation of resorcinol (R) with formaldehyde (F), and sodium carbonatewas added as a catalyst (C). Physical properties of carbon aerogel were characterized by infrared spectrometer (IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). It is found that carbon aerogel is an amorphous material with a pearly network structure, and …