Multilayered nano-architecture of variable sized graphene nanosheets for enhanced supercapacitor electrode performance

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2010 Aug;2(8):2293-300. doi: 10.1021/am100343a.

Abstract

The diverse physical and chemical aspects of graphene nanosheets such as particle size surface area and edge chemistry were combined to fabricate a new supercapacitor electrode architecture consisting of a highly aligned network of large-sized nanosheets as a series of current collectors within a multilayer configuration of bulk electrode. Capillary driven self-assembly of monolayers of graphene nanosheets was employed to create a flexible, multilayer, free-standing film of highly hydrophobic nanosheets over large macroscopic areas. This nanoarchitecture exhibits a high-frequency capacitative response and a nearly rectangular cyclic voltammogram at 1000 mV/s scanning rate and possesses a rapid current response, small equivalent series resistance (ESR), and fast ionic diffusion for high-power electrical double-layer capacitor (EDLC) application.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carbon / chemistry*
  • Electric Capacitance
  • Electric Conductivity
  • Electrodes*
  • Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions
  • Nanotechnology / methods*
  • Water / chemistry

Substances

  • Water
  • Carbon