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A flexible graphene/multiwalled carbon nanotube film as a high performance electrode material for supercapacitors

Abstract

Highlights: > A flexible graphene/multiwalled carbon nanotube (GN/MWCNT) film fabricated by flow-directed assembly and hydrazine to reduce. > The MWCNTs in the obtained composite film not only efficiently increase the basal spacing but also bridge the defects for electron transfer between GN sheets. > The freestanding GN/MWCNT film has a potential application in flexible energy storage devices. - Abstract: A flexible graphene/multiwalled carbon nanotube (GN/MWCNT) film has been fabricated by flow-directed assembly from a complex dispersion of graphite oxide (GO) and pristine MWCNTs followed by the use of gas-based hydrazine to reduce the GO into GN sheets. The GN/MWCNT (16 wt.% MWCNTs) film characterized by Fourier transformation infrared spectra, X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscope has a layered structure with MWCNTs uniformly sandwiched between the GN sheets. The MWCNTs in the obtained composite film not only efficiently increase the basal spacing but also bridge the defects for electron transfer between GN sheets, increasing electrolyte/electrode contact area and facilitating transportation of electrolyte ion and electron into the inner region of electrode. Electrochemical data demonstrate that the GN/MWCNT film possesses a specific capacitance of 265 F g{sup -1} at 0.1 A g{sup -1} and a good rate capability (49% capacity retention at  More>>
Authors:
Xiangjun, Lu; [1]  Dou Hui, E-mail: dh_msc@nuaa.edu.cn; [1]  Bo, Gao; [1]  Changzhou, Yuan; [2]  Yang, Sudong; Liang, Hao; Laifa, Shen; [1]  Zhang Xiaogang, E-mail: azhangxg@nuaa.edu.cn [1] 
  1. College of Material Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Yudao Street 29, Nanjing 210016, Jiangsu (China)
  2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Maanshan 243002 (China)
Publication Date:
May 30, 2011
Product Type:
Journal Article
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Electrochimica Acta; Journal Volume: 56; Journal Issue: 14; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2011.03.066; PII: S0013-4686(11)00444-0; Copyright (c) 2011 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; CAPACITANCE; COMPLEXES; DEFECTS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ELECTRONS; ENERGY STORAGE; FILMS; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; GRAPHITE; HYDRAZINE; INFRARED SPECTRA; NANOTUBES; OXIDES; RETENTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEETS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; CARBON; CHALCOGENIDES; CHEMISTRY; COHERENT SCATTERING; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ELEMENTS; FERMIONS; INTEGRAL TRANSFORMATIONS; LEPTONS; MICROSCOPY; MINERALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NONMETALS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SCATTERING; SPECTRA; STORAGE; TRANSFORMATIONS
OSTI ID:
21565122
Country of Origin:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: ISSN 0013-4686; ELCAAV; TRN: GB12R0981042930
Availability:
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2011.03.066
Submitting Site:
GBN
Size:
page(s) 5115-5121
Announcement Date:
Jun 25, 2012

Citation Formats

Xiangjun, Lu, Dou Hui, E-mail: dh_msc@nuaa.edu.cn, Bo, Gao, Changzhou, Yuan, Yang, Sudong, Liang, Hao, Laifa, Shen, and Zhang Xiaogang, E-mail: azhangxg@nuaa.edu.cn. A flexible graphene/multiwalled carbon nanotube film as a high performance electrode material for supercapacitors. United Kingdom: N. p., 2011. Web.
Xiangjun, Lu, Dou Hui, E-mail: dh_msc@nuaa.edu.cn, Bo, Gao, Changzhou, Yuan, Yang, Sudong, Liang, Hao, Laifa, Shen, & Zhang Xiaogang, E-mail: azhangxg@nuaa.edu.cn. A flexible graphene/multiwalled carbon nanotube film as a high performance electrode material for supercapacitors. United Kingdom.
Xiangjun, Lu, Dou Hui, E-mail: dh_msc@nuaa.edu.cn, Bo, Gao, Changzhou, Yuan, Yang, Sudong, Liang, Hao, Laifa, Shen, and Zhang Xiaogang, E-mail: azhangxg@nuaa.edu.cn. 2011. "A flexible graphene/multiwalled carbon nanotube film as a high performance electrode material for supercapacitors." United Kingdom.
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title = {A flexible graphene/multiwalled carbon nanotube film as a high performance electrode material for supercapacitors}
author = {Xiangjun, Lu, Dou Hui, E-mail: dh_msc@nuaa.edu.cn, Bo, Gao, Changzhou, Yuan, Yang, Sudong, Liang, Hao, Laifa, Shen, and Zhang Xiaogang, E-mail: azhangxg@nuaa.edu.cn}
abstractNote = {Highlights: > A flexible graphene/multiwalled carbon nanotube (GN/MWCNT) film fabricated by flow-directed assembly and hydrazine to reduce. > The MWCNTs in the obtained composite film not only efficiently increase the basal spacing but also bridge the defects for electron transfer between GN sheets. > The freestanding GN/MWCNT film has a potential application in flexible energy storage devices. - Abstract: A flexible graphene/multiwalled carbon nanotube (GN/MWCNT) film has been fabricated by flow-directed assembly from a complex dispersion of graphite oxide (GO) and pristine MWCNTs followed by the use of gas-based hydrazine to reduce the GO into GN sheets. The GN/MWCNT (16 wt.% MWCNTs) film characterized by Fourier transformation infrared spectra, X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscope has a layered structure with MWCNTs uniformly sandwiched between the GN sheets. The MWCNTs in the obtained composite film not only efficiently increase the basal spacing but also bridge the defects for electron transfer between GN sheets, increasing electrolyte/electrode contact area and facilitating transportation of electrolyte ion and electron into the inner region of electrode. Electrochemical data demonstrate that the GN/MWCNT film possesses a specific capacitance of 265 F g{sup -1} at 0.1 A g{sup -1} and a good rate capability (49% capacity retention at 50 A g{sup -1}), and displays an excellent specific capacitance retention of 97% after 2000 continuous charge/discharge cycles. The results of electrochemical measurements indicate that the freestanding GN/MWCNT film has a potential application in flexible energy storage devices.}
journal = []
issue = {14}
volume = {56}
place = {United Kingdom}
year = {2011}
month = {May}
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