• 文献标题:   High-Energy MnO2 Nanowire/Graphene and Graphene Asymmetric Electrochemical Capacitors
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WU ZS, REN WC, WANG DW, LI F, LIU BL, CHENG HM
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, manganese oxide, composite, asymmetric, electrochemical capacitor
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851
  • 通讯作者地址:   Chinese Acad Sci
  • 被引频次:   1076
  • DOI:   10.1021/nn101754k
  • 出版年:   2010

▎ 摘  要

In order to achieve high energy and power densities, we developed a high-voltage asymmetric electrochemical capacitor (EC) based on graphene as negative electrode and a MnO2 nanowire/graphene composite (MGC) as positive electrode in a neutral aqueous Na2SO4 solution as electrolyte. MGC was prepared by solution-phase assembly of graphene sheets and alpha-MnO2 nanowires. Such aqueous electrolyte-based asymmetric ECs can be cycled reversibly in the high-voltage region of 0-2.0 V and exhibit a superior energy density of 30.4 Wh kg(-1), which is much higher than those of symmetric ECs based on graphene//graphene (2.8 Wh kg(-1)) and MGC//MGC (5.2 Wh kg(-1)). Moreover, they present a high power density (5000 W kg(-1) at 7.0 Wh kg(-1)) and acceptable cycling performance of similar to 79% retention after 1000 cycles. These findings open up the possibility of graphene-based composites for applications in safe aqueous electrolyte-based high-voltage asymmetric ECs with high energy and power densities.