An Ideal Electrode Material, 3D Surface-Microporous Graphene for Supercapacitors with Ultrahigh Areal Capacitance

Authors

Liang Chang, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow
Dario J. Stacchiola, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Yun Hang Hu, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-26-2017

Department

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Abstract

© 2017 American Chemical Society. The efficient charge accumulation of an ideal supercapacitor electrode requires abundant micropores and its fast electrolyte-ions transport prefers meso/macropores. However, current electrode materials cannot meet both requirements, resulting in poor performance. Herein, we creatively constructed three-dimensional cabbage-coral-like graphene as an ideal electrode material, in which meso/macro channels are formed by graphene walls and rich micropores are incorporated in the surface layer of the graphene walls. The unique 3D graphene material can achieve a high gravimetric capacitance of 200 F/g with aqueous electrolyte, 3 times larger than that of commercially used activated carbon (70.8 F/g). Furthermore, it can reach an ultrahigh areal capacitance of 1.28 F/cm2 and excellent rate capability (83.5% from 0.5 to 10 A/g) as well as high cycling stability (86.2% retention after 5000 cycles). The excellent electric double-layer performance of the 3D graphene electrode can be attributed to the fast electrolyte ion transport in the meso/macro channels and the rapid and reversible charge adsorption with negligible transport distance in the surface micropores.

Publication Title

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Recommended Citation

Chang, L., Stacchiola, D., & Hu, Y. H. (2017). An Ideal Electrode Material, 3D Surface-Microporous Graphene for Supercapacitors with Ultrahigh Areal Capacitance. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 9(29), 24655-24661. http://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b07381
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