• 文献标题:   Incorporating nanoporous polyaniline into layer-by-layer ionic liquid-carbon nanotube-graphene paper: towards freestanding flexible electrodes with improved supercapacitive performance
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SUN YM, FANG Z, WANG CX, ZHOU AJ, DUAN HW
  • 作者关键词:   flexible electrode, freestanding nanohybrid paper, graphene, carbon nanotube, ionic liquid, nanoporous polyaniline
  • 出版物名称:   NANOTECHNOLOGY
  • ISSN:   0957-4484 EI 1361-6528
  • 通讯作者地址:   Wuhan Inst Technol
  • 被引频次:   18
  • DOI:   10.1088/0957-4484/26/37/374002
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

The growing demand for lightweight and flexible supercapacitor devices necessitates innovation in electrode materials and electrode configuration. We have developed a new type of three-dimensional (3D) flexible nanohybrid electrode by incorporating nanoporous polyaniline (PANI) into layer-by-layer ionic liquid (IL) functionalized carbon nanotube (CNT)-graphene paper (GP), and explored its practical application as a freestanding flexible electrode in a supercapacitor. Our results have demonstrated that the surface modification of graphene nanosheets and CNTs by hydrophilic IL molecules makes graphene and CNTs well-dispersed in aqueous solution, and also improves the hydrophility of the assembled graphene-based paper. Furthermore, the integration of highly conductive one-dimensional (1D) CNTs with two-dimensional (2D) graphene nanosheets leads to 3D sandwich-structured nanohybrid paper with abundant interconnected pores, which is preferred for fast mass and electron transport kinetics. For in situ electropolymerization of PANI on paper electrodes, the IL functionalized CNT-GP (IL-CNT-GP) offers large surface area and interlayer spacing and the unique pi surface of graphene and CNTs for efficient and stable loading of PANI. A key finding is that the structural integration of multiple components in this 3D freestanding flexible sheet electrode gives rise to a synergic effect, leading to a high capacitance of 725.6 F g(-1) at a current density of 1 A g(-1) and good cycling stability by retaining 90% of the initial specific capacitance after 5000 cycles.