• 文献标题:   Relationship between intrinsic capacitance and thickness of graphene nanosheets
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   DU X, SONG HH, CHEN XH
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  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY
  • ISSN:   0959-9428
  • 通讯作者地址:   Beijing Univ Chem Technol
  • 被引频次:   8
  • DOI:   10.1039/c2jm31804k
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

A method to detect the intrinsic capacitance and thickness of graphene nanosheets (GNS) was developed. The ultrasonic-dispersed GNSs were separated by a kind of small-powder graphite (SG, 0.5-2 mu m) with almost no capacitance to prevent the ultra-thin graphene layer from restacking face to face. In order to separate the GNSs as much as possible, we increased the mass ratio of SG in the GNS-SG composite gradually from 1 : 10 to 1 : 250. The electrochemical properties of different GNS-SG composites as electrode materials for an electric double-layer capacitor (EDLC) have been systematically investigated. It was found that, as the content of GNSs decreased from pure GNS to 1/100 of the GNS-SG composite, specific capacitance increased progressively from 171.8 F g(-1) to 417.1 F g(-1). As the ratio of GNSs in the GNS-SG electrodes was decreased further (1 : 200, 1 : 250 and 1 : 300), the specific capacitance held a stable value of similar to 856.6 F g(-1), revealing the intrinsic capacitance of these GNSs. Based on the theoretical specific surface area of graphene and capacitance of a common graphite electrode, the layer number of GNSs here was calculated to be 2-11. This strategy can not only calculate the average layer number but also preliminarily judge the aggregation of GNSs from the capacitance data.