• 文献标题:   3D Vertically Aligned CNT/Graphene Hybrids from Layer-by-Layer Transfer for Supercapacitors
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   NAGELLI EA, HUANG L, DAI AQZ, DU F, DAI LM
  • 作者关键词:   carbon nanotube, graphene, layerbylayer transfer, supercapacitor, vertically aligned
  • 出版物名称:   PARTICLE PARTICLE SYSTEMS CHARACTERIZATION
  • ISSN:   0934-0866 EI 1521-4117
  • 通讯作者地址:   Case Western Reserve Univ
  • 被引频次:   7
  • DOI:   10.1002/ppsc.201700131
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

The exceptional electrical, optical, thermal and mechanical properties make graphene and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) promising for a large variety of applications, including energy storage. In practice, it is higly important to translator these properties associated with the low-dimensional carbon nanomaterials into bulk materials/devices. Recent theoretical studies have proven that three-dimensional (3D) pillared architectures, consisting of parallel graphene layers intercalated by vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (VA-CNTs) in between, possess desriable transport and mechanical properties in all dimensions while maintaining the excellent properties of their building blocks. However, it remains challenging to experimentally realize such 3D pillared graphene/VA-CNT hybrids. Here, tunable 3D pillared graphene/VA-CNT architectures are formed by chemical vapor deposition, and a template-free contact transfer process is presented, involving the hydrophobic-hydrophobic interactions between graphene and VA-CNTs. The resultant 3D graphene/VA-CNT hybrids are demonstrated to be efficient electrode materials for supercapacitors with good performance. This newly-developed methodology holds great potential for fabricating various 3D architectures with many other materials for a wide range of multifunctional applications, including energy storage, electrical and thermal managements, and flexible electronics.