Electrochemical Properties of Poly(Anthraquinonyl Sulfide)/Graphene Sheets Composites as Electrode Materials for Electrochemical Capacitors

Wonkyun Lee; Shinya Suzuki; Masaru Miyayama

doi:10.3390/nano4030599

Electrochemical Properties of Poly(Anthraquinonyl Sulfide)/Graphene Sheets Composites as Electrode Materials for Electrochemical Capacitors

Nanomaterials (Basel). 2014 Jul 30;4(3):599-611. doi: 10.3390/nano4030599.

Authors

Wonkyun Lee¹, Shinya Suzuki², Masaru Miyayama^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan. wklee@fmat.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp.
² School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan. sin@fmat.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp.
³ School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan. miyayama@fmat.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp.
⁴ CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-8-1 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan. miyayama@fmat.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp.

Abstract

Poly(anthraquinonyl sulfide) (PAQS)/graphene sheets (GSs) composite was synthesized through in situ polymerization to evaluate its performance as an electrode material for electrochemical capacitors. PAQS was successfully synthesized in the presence of GSs with uniform distribution. PAQS/GSs showed a pair of reversible redox peaks at around 0 V (vs. Ag/AgCl). The specific capacitance of PAQS/GSs was 349 F·g^-1 (86 mAh·g^-1) at a current density of 500 mA·g^-1, and a capacitance of 305 F·g^-1 was maintained even at a high current density of 5000 mA·g^-1. The in situ polymerization of PAQS with GSs facilitated their interaction and enabled faster charge transfer and redox reaction, resulting in enhanced electrode properties.

Keywords: Poly(anthraquinonyl sulfide); composite; electrochemical capacitors; graphene.