Self-supporting activated carbon/carbon nanotube/reduced graphene oxide flexible electrode for high performance supercapacitor

Li, Xing; Tang, Yao; Song, Junhua; Yang, Wei; Wang, Mingshan; Zhu, Chengzhou; Zhao, Wengao; Zheng, Jianming; Lin, Yuehe

doi:10.1016/J.CARBON.2017.11.099

Self-supporting activated carbon/carbon nanotube/reduced graphene oxide flexible electrode for high performance supercapacitor

Journal Article · Tue Dec 05 23:00:00 EST 2017 · Carbon

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/J.CARBON.2017.11.099· OSTI ID:1413463

Li, Xing ^[1]; Tang, Yao ^[1]; Song, Junhua ^[2]; Yang, Wei ^[1]; Wang, Mingshan ^[1]; Zhu, Chengzhou ^[3]; Zhao, Wengao ^[4]; Zheng, Jianming ^[4]; Lin, Yuehe ^[3]

Southwest Petroleum Univ., Chengdu (China). The Center of New Energy Materials and Technology
Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States). School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering; Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States). School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

A self-supporting and flexible activated carbon/carbon nanotube/reduced graphene oxide (AC/CNT/RGO) film has been rationally designed for constructing high-performance supercapacitor. We prepared the AC/CNT/RGO film by anchoring the AC particles with a 3D and porous framework built by hierarchically weaving the 1 D CNT and 2D RGO using their intrinsic van der Waals force. The CNT network is beneficial for improving the electronic conductivity of the electrode, while the AC particles could effectively suppress the aggregation of RGO and CNT due to their blocking effect. The synergistic effects among the AC, CNT and RGO validate the AC/CNT/RGO as a promising electrode for supercapacitor, exhibiting greatly enhanced electrochemical performances in comparison with the pure RGO film, pure CNT film and AC electrode. Furthermore, the AC/CNT/RGO electrode delivers a high specific capacitance of 101 F g^-1 at the current density of 0.2 A g^-1 offering a maximum energy density of 30.0 W h kg^-1 in organic electrolyte at the cut-off voltage range of 0.001–3.0 V. The findings of this work open a new avenue for the design of self-supporting electrodes for the development of flexible and light weight energy storage supercapacitor.

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Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 1413463

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1437540

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA--130448; PII: S0008622317312277

Journal Information:: Carbon, Journal Name: Carbon Vol. 129; ISSN 0008-6223

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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