• 文献标题:   Curly graphene nanosheets modified by nanoneedle-like manganese oxide for electrochemical capacitors
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   YU XQ, LI KQ, ZHOU HH, WEI SD, ZHANG CJ, LI XY, KUANG YF
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  • 出版物名称:   RSC ADVANCES
  • ISSN:   2046-2069
  • 通讯作者地址:   Hunan Univ
  • 被引频次:   4
  • DOI:   10.1039/c5ra15529k
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

A modified Hummers method and an aqueous solution synthesis method have been adopted to prepare curly graphene nanosheets/manganese oxide (CGN/MnO2) composite using multiwalled carbon nanotubes and KMnO4 as precursors in this paper. The morphologies and structure have been characterized by a range of microscopes and other techniques. MnO2 acicular crystals with about 5 nm in diameter and about 100 nm in length crisscross were uniformly dispersed on the surface of CGN to form three-dimensional nanostructured CGN/MnO2 composite. The electrochemical results show that the CGN/MnO2 composite electrode delivered a specific capacitance of 224 F g(-1) at the current density of 1 A g (1) in 1 M Na2SO4 solution, which was about 2.7 times higher than that of pure CGN (83 F g (1)). Meanwhile, CGN/MnO2 composite exhibits high current charge-discharge capability and long-time cycling stability (the capacitance remains 95% of the initial value after 10 000 cycles). The excellent electrochemical capacitance performance of CGN/MnO2 composite was explained as follows: (1) as 10 wt% nanoneedle-like MnO2 is attached uniformly on the surface of CGN, the electronic conductivity of CGN/MnO2 composite is improved. Meanwhile, the modification of CGN by a small quantity of nanoneedle-like MnO2 further increases the interlayer distance of CGN, and the diffusivity of ions between composite electrode materials is improved as well. (2) Three-dimensional nanostructured CGN/MnO2 composite can make the full use of the double layer capacitance of CGN and the pseudocapacitive performance of MnO2.