• 文献标题:   Rationally designed graphene-nanotube 3D architectures with a seamless nodal junction for efficient energy conversion and storage
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   XUE YH, DING Y, NIU JB, XIA ZH, ROY A, CHEN H, QU J, WANG ZL, DAI LM
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  • 出版物名称:   SCIENCE ADVANCES
  • ISSN:   2375-2548
  • 通讯作者地址:   Georgia Inst Technol
  • 被引频次:   74
  • DOI:   10.1126/sciadv.1400198
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

One-dimensional (1D) carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and 2D single-atomic layer graphene have superior thermal, electrical, andmechanical properties. However, these nanomaterials exhibit poor out-of-plane properties due to theweak van der Waals interaction in the transverse direction between graphitic layers. Recent theoretical studies indicate that rationally designed 3D architectures could have desirable out- of-plane propertieswhilemaintaining in-plane properties by growing CNTs and graphene into 3D architectures with a seamless nodal junction. However, the experimental realization of seamlessly-bonded architectures remains a challenge. We developed a strategy of creating 3D graphene-CNT hollow fibers with radially aligned CNTs (RACNTs) seamlessly sheathed by a cylindrical graphene layer through a one-step chemical vapor deposition using an anodized aluminum wire template. By controlling the aluminum wire diameter and anodization time, the length of the RACNTs and diameter of the graphene hollow fiber can be tuned, enabling efficient energy conversion and storage. These fibers, with a controllable surface area, meso-/micropores, and superior electrical properties, are excellent electrode materials for all-solid-state wire-shaped supercapacitors with poly (vinylalcohol)/H2SO4 as the electrolyte and binder, exhibiting a surface-specific capacitance of 89.4mF/cm(2) and length-specific capacitance up to 23.9mF/cm, - one to four times the corresponding record-high capacities reported for other fiber-like supercapacitors. Dye-sensitized solar cells, fabricated using the fiber as a counter electrode, showed a power conversion efficiency of 6.8% and outperformed their counterparts with an expensive Pt wire counter electrode by a factor of 2.5. These novel fiber-shaped graphene-RACNT energy conversion and storage devices are so flexible they can be woven into fabrics as power sources.