Journal article
Microwave exfoliated graphene-based materials for flexible solid-state supercapacitor
Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM, Vol.1220, Article 128710
2020
Abstract
Herein, we report the simultaneous exfoliation and reduction of graphene oxide (GO) and graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) by rapid microwave irradiation, to overcome the hurdles of their low electrical conductivity and tendency to restack, and realize their full potential as supercapacitor electrode materials. After microwave treatment, the ID/IG value of the microwaved GO (MW-GO) increased by 0.11, whereas the I2D/IG value of the microwaved GNPs (MW-GNPs) decreased by 0.48, revealing that the graphene-based materials were reduced and exfoliated as observed in the Raman spectra. Morphological studies revealed a porous structure of MW-GO and loose stacked layers of MW-GNPs, which showed the exfoliation of the graphene-based materials. A supercapacitor device was constructed using a mixture of MW-GO, MW-GNPs, and polypyrrole and yielded a specific capacitance value of 137.2 F g−1 with a cycling stability of 89.8% after 1000 charge/discharge cycles. The electrochemical performance of the device remains unchanged when bent continuously at 180° because the cyclic voltammetry and galvanostatic charge/discharge curves remained the same after 50 bending repetitions. Therefore, the simultaneous reduction and exfoliation of these graphene-based materials by rapid microwaves provides a promising route for the scalable and cost-effective preparation of supercapacitor electrode materials.
Details
- Title
- Microwave exfoliated graphene-based materials for flexible solid-state supercapacitor
- Authors/Creators
- A.A.B. Hamra (Author/Creator) - Universiti Putra MalaysiaH.N. Lim (Author/Creator) - Universiti Putra MalaysiaN.M. Huang (Author/Creator) - Xiamen University MalaysiaN.S.K. Gowthaman (Author/Creator) - Universiti Putra MalaysiaH. Nakajima (Author/Creator) - Synchrotron Light Research InstituteM.M. Rahman (Author/Creator) - Jahangirnagar University
- Publication Details
- Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM, Vol.1220, Article 128710
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Identifiers
- 991005543074807891
- Copyright
- © 2020 Elsevier B.V.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Engineering and Information Technology
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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