• 文献标题:   Large area few-layer graphene with scalable preparation from waste biomass for high-performance supercapacitor
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   PURKAIT T, SINGH G, SINGH M, KUMAR D, DEY RS
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  • 出版物名称:   SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
  • ISSN:   2045-2322
  • 通讯作者地址:   INST
  • 被引频次:   23
  • DOI:   10.1038/s41598-017-15463-w
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

Carbonaceous materials with high surface area and a sheet-like structure promote fast ion-transport kinetics, making them an ideal choice to be used in supercapacitors. Few-layer graphene (FLG)-like nanosheets with abundance of micro as well as mesopores are achieved via mechanical exfoliation method from an agricultural waste biomass: peanut shell (PS). A well-known elementary method of probe-sonication, for the achievement of FLG sheets from renewable sources, is introduced in this study for the very first time. The Peanut shell-derived FLG (PS-FLG) possesses remarkably high specific surface area (2070 m(2) g(-1)) with a sufficiently large pore volume of 1.33 cm(3) g(-1). For the fabrication of a binder-free supercapacitor, the PS-FLG-based electrodes exhibited a high specific capacity of 186 F g(-1) without the use of any binder in 1 M H2SO4 as supporting electrolyte. The highest energy density of 58.125 W h Kg(-1) and highest power density of 37.5 W Kg(-1) was achieved by the material. Surprisingly, the working potential increased to 2.5 V in an organic electrolyte leading to an obvious increase in the energy density to 68 W h Kg(-1). Solid-state-supercapacitor was fabricated with this material for the possible use of low-cost, high energy promising energy storage device.