• 文献标题:   Rational selection of small aromatic molecules to functionalize graphene for enhancing capacitive energy storage
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHAO Y, LIU JZ, WANG N, LI Q, HU MJ
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  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
  • ISSN:   2050-7488 EI 2050-7496
  • 通讯作者地址:   Beihang Univ
  • 被引频次:   9
  • DOI:   10.1039/c8ta00710a
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

Surface functionalization of graphene sheets with redox-active small molecules can help store more charges due to the added pseudocapacitance. However, a clue on selecting appropriate molecules to enhance the energy storage of graphene-based supercapacitors is unclear. Herein, four different types of aromatic molecules containing amino or hydroxyl groups, or both, are selected to functionalize Ndoped graphene (NG) films for a comparison study, aiming to explore factors that can enhance the capacitive performance, such as adsorption affinity to graphene, type of redox group, number of groups in a single molecule, electrochemical redox potential, capability of sustaining higher voltage in Li-salt electrolyte, and cycling performance. Among the selected organic compounds, 4,40-oxydianiline molecules are found to be a good match for graphene. In a symmetric cell with Li2SO4 electrolyte, the functionalized NG film exhibits a high specific capacitance of 612 F g(-1) as well as maintaining high coulombic efficiency within a voltage window of 1.6 V.