Issue 22, 2019

Black titania nanotubes/spongy graphene nanocomposites for high-performance supercapacitors

Abstract

A simple method is demonstrated to prepare functionalized spongy graphene/hydrogenated titanium dioxide (FG-HTiO2) nanocomposites as interconnected, porous 3-dimensional (3D) network crinkly sheets. Such a 3D network structure provides better contact at the electrode/electrolyte interface and facilitates the charge transfer kinetics. The fabricated FG-HTiO2 was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), FTIR, scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), Raman spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The synthesized materials have been evaluated as supercapacitor materials in 0.5 M H2SO4 using cyclic voltammetry (CV) at different potential scan rates, and galvanostatic charge/discharge tests at different current densities. The FG-HTiO2 electrodes showed a maximum specific capacitance of 401 F g−1 at a scan rate of 1 mV s−1 and exhibited excellent cycling retention of 102% after 1000 cycles at 100 mV s−1. The energy density was 78.66 W h kg−1 with a power density of 466.9 W kg−1 at 0.8 A g−1. The improved supercapacitor performance could be attributed to the spongy graphene structure, adenine functionalization, and hydrogenated titanium dioxide.

Graphical abstract: Black titania nanotubes/spongy graphene nanocomposites for high-performance supercapacitors

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
28 feb 2019
Accepted
10 apr 2019
First published
23 apr 2019
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2019,9, 12555-12566

Black titania nanotubes/spongy graphene nanocomposites for high-performance supercapacitors

Dalia M. El-Gendy, N. A. Abdel Ghany and N. K. Allam, RSC Adv., 2019, 9, 12555 DOI: 10.1039/C9RA01539F

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