• 文献标题:   Flexible graphene paper electrode prepared via polyvinyl alcohol-assisted shear-exfoliation for all-solid-state polymer supercapacitor application
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KHANAM Z, LIU JH, SONG SH
  • 作者关键词:   shearexfoliation, graphene/pva dispersion, polymer electrolyte, graphene paper electrode, supercapacitor
  • 出版物名称:   ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
  • ISSN:   0013-4686 EI 1873-3859
  • 通讯作者地址:   Harbin Inst Technol
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.electacta.2020.137208
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Herein, an environmentally-benign, facile, efficient, low-cost, scalable fabrication process of achieving flexible graphene paper electrode at ambient conditions is reported. By means of high-shear exfoliation of graphite in aqueous polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), the graphene/PVA dispersion is prepared. Various characterizations (transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, etc.) confirm that the resulting dispersion is with the presence of high-quality, single to few-layered graphene sheets with thickness up to 1.68 nm, lateral size of 0.5-2 mu m, and low defect density (I-D/I-G = 0.09). Further, the applicability of the in-situ exfoliated graphene/PVA dispersion is demonstrated for the fabrication of flexible conductive paper electrodes through a simple intermittent soaking-drying approach. The graphene paper electrode possesses an electrical sheet resistance of 15 Omega sq(-1), without any additional annealing treatment and conductive additives. Finally, the graphene paper electrode is integrated with ionic-liquid incorporated PVA polymer electrolyte to develop the all-solid-state supercapacitor. It imparts a considerable specific capacitance of 222.96 F g(-1) along with -60% capacitance retention and -100% coulombic efficiency after 6000 charge-discharge cycles. Meanwhile, the polymer electrolyte exhibits a remarkable ionic conductivity (4.63 x 10 -4 S cm(-1)) together with a wide electrochemical stability window (5.1 V), favorable for device applications. The unique interwoven nanoporous conductive network of PVA-stabilized exfoliated graphene provides fast diffusion pathways to electrolyte ions, thus significantly enhancing the charge-storage performance. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.