• 文献标题:   Graphene-based supercapacitor with carbon nanotube film as highly efficient current collector
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   NOTARIANNI M, LIU JZ, MIRRI F, PASQUALI M, MOTTA N
  • 作者关键词:   supercapacitor, graphene, electrochemical exfoliation, carbon nanotube film, current collector
  • 出版物名称:   NANOTECHNOLOGY
  • ISSN:   0957-4484 EI 1361-6528
  • 通讯作者地址:   Queensland Univ Technol
  • 被引频次:   29
  • DOI:   10.1088/0957-4484/25/43/435405
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

Flexible graphene-based thin film supercapacitors were made using carbon nanotube (CNT) films as current collectors and graphene films as electrodes. The graphene sheets were produced by simple electrochemical exfoliation, while the graphene films with controlled thickness were prepared by vacuum filtration. The solid-state supercapacitor was made by using two graphene/CNT films on plastic substrates to sandwich a thin layer of gelled electrolyte. We found that the thin graphene film with thickness <1 mu m can greatly increase the capacitance. Using only CNT films as electrodes, the device exhibited a capacitance as low as similar to 0.4 mF cm(-2), whereas by adding a 360 nm thick graphene film to the CNT electrodes led to a similar to 4.3 mF cm(-2) capacitance. We experimentally demonstrated that the conductive CNT film is equivalent to gold as a current collector while it provides a stronger binding force to the graphene film. Combining the high capacitance of the thin graphene film and the high conductivity of the CNT film, our devices exhibited high energy density (8-14 Wh kg(-1)) and power density (250-450 kW kg(-1)).