• 文献标题:   Enhancing the Supercapacitor Performance of Graphene/MnO2 Nanostructured Electrodes by Conductive Wrapping
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   YU GH, HU LB, LIU NA, WANG HL, VOSGUERITCHIAN M, YANG Y, CUI Y, BAO ZA
  • 作者关键词:   supercapacitor electrode, conductive polymer, mno2, carbon nanotube, graphene
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
  • 通讯作者地址:   Stanford Univ
  • 被引频次:   813
  • DOI:   10.1021/nl2026635
  • 出版年:   2011

▎ 摘  要

MnO2 is considered one of the most promising pseudocapactive materials for high-performance supercapacitors given its high theoretical specific capacitance, low-cost, environmental benignity, and natural abundance. However, MnO2 electrodes often suffer from poor electronic and ionic conductivities, resulting in their limited performance in power density and cycling. Here we developed a "conductive wrapping" method to greatly improve the supercapacitor performance of graphene/MnO2-based nanostructured electrodes. By three-dimensional (3D) conductive wrapping of graphene/MnO2 nanostructures with carbon nanotubes or conducting polymer, specific capacitance of the electrodes (considering total mass of active materials) has substantially increased by similar to 20% and similar to 45%, respectively, with values as high as similar to 380 F/g achieved. Moreover, these ternary composite electrodes have also exhibited excellent cycling performance with >95% capacitance retention over 3000 cycles. This 3D conductive wrapping approach represents an exciting direction for enhancing the device performance of metal oxide-based electrochemical supercapacitors and can be generalized for designing next-generation high-performance energy storage devices.