Issue 16, 2015

Electrochemical synthesis of highly corrugated graphene sheets for high performance supercapacitors

Abstract

Highly corrugated graphene sheets with low susceptibility to re-stacking were prepared by electrochemical reduction of graphene oxide (GO) in a molten salt bath. Oxygen functional groups were removed by depositing the reducing agent on a GO assembled cathode and also by direct electro-deoxygenation without generating reducing agents. The produced graphene derivative had electrical conductivity as high as 2300 S m−1, and a specific surface area of 565 m2 g−1 making it ideal as a supercapacitor with maximum specific capacitance of 255 F g−1 in 6 M KOH aqueous solution without the need for doping the graphene sheets. Further, the supercapacitor showed excellent cycling stability, retaining 95% of its initial capacitance after 5000 cycles of charge/discharge. Therefore, this material presents great promise for future design and large-scale production of affordable and high performance graphene electrodes for portable energy storage devices.

Graphical abstract: Electrochemical synthesis of highly corrugated graphene sheets for high performance supercapacitors

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
22 Jän 2015
Accepted
13 Mär 2015
First published
13 Mär 2015

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2015,3, 8519-8525

Author version available

Electrochemical synthesis of highly corrugated graphene sheets for high performance supercapacitors

A. M. Abdelkader, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2015, 3, 8519 DOI: 10.1039/C5TA00545K

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