• 文献标题:   Laser-reduced graphene-oxide/ferrocene: a 3-D redox-active composite for supercapacitor electrodes
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   BORENSTEIN A, STRAUSS V, KOWAL MD, YOONESSI M, MUNI M, ANDERSON M, KANER RB
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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:   Univ Calif Los Angeles
  • 被引频次:   8
  • DOI:   10.1039/c8ta08249a
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

Supercapacitors are energy storage and conversion devices that display high power. In order to increase energy density, redox-active materials can be incorporated into the carbonaceous electrode(s). Although in recent years many studies have offered different redox-active candidates and composite methods, there is a constant search for an effective, easily producible and stable composite material. Here, we present a graphene/ferrocene composition as a redox active 3-D supercapacitor electrode material. The combination of highly reversible, conductive and strongly attached ferrocene with the high surface area and open porous structure of graphene results in high-power, high-energy density supercapacitors. The graphene scaffold is converted from graphene-oxide (GO) by laser irradiation, a facile, fast and eco-friendly method. The ferrocene is chemically bonded to the graphene by two different approaches that take advantage of the strong and stable pi-pi interactions between the carbon and the aromatic ligands. The excellent bonding between the components results in low internal resistance and high reversibility of the redox reaction. The composite demonstrated a 205% increase in specific capacitance from 87 F g(-1) for pure laser reduced graphene oxide to 178 F g(-1) for the composite with ferrocene. This is equivalent to an energy density of 6.19 W h kg(-1) while maintaining a power density of 26.0 kW kg(-1).