• 文献标题:   Fabrication of graphene foam supported carbon nanotube/polyaniline hybrids for high-performance supercapacitor applications
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   YANG HX, WANG N, XU Q, CHEN ZM, REN YM, RAZAL JM, CHEN J
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, polyaniline, carbon nanotube, supercapacitor, hybrid
  • 出版物名称:   2D MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   2053-1583
  • 通讯作者地址:   Zhengzhou Univ
  • 被引频次:   9
  • DOI:   10.1088/2053-1583/1/3/034002
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

A large-scale, high-powered energy storage system is crucial for addressing the energy problem. The development of high-performance materials is a key issue in realizing the grid-scale applications of energy-storage devices. In this work, we describe a simple and scalable method for fabricating hybrids (graphene-pyrrole/carbon nanotube-polyaniline (GPCP)) using graphene foam as the supporting template. Graphene-pyrrole (G-Py) aerogels are prepared via a green hydrothermal route from two-dimensional materials such as graphene sheets, while a carbon nanotube/polyaniline (CNT/PANI) composite dispersion is obtained via the in situ polymerization method. The functional nanohybrid materials of GPCP can be assembled by simply dipping the prepared G-py aerogels into the CNT/PANI dispersion. The morphology of the obtained GPCP is investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), which revealed that the CNT/PANI was uniformly deposited onto the surfaces of the graphene. The as-synthesized GPCP maintains its original three-dimensional hierarchical porous architecture, which favors the diffusion of the electrolyte ions into the inner region of the active materials. Such hybrid materials exhibit significant specific capacitance of up to 350 F g(-1), making them promising in large-scale energy-storage device applications.