Reduced graphite oxide in supercapacitor electrodes

The current energy needs have put the focus on highly efficient energy storage systems such as supercapacitors. At present, much attention focuses on graphene-like materials as promising supercapacitor electrodes. Here we show that reduced graphite oxide offers a very interesting potential. Materials obtained by oxidation of natural graphite and subsequent sonication and reduction by hydrazine achieve specific capacitances as high as 170 F/g in H2SO4 and 84 F/g in (C2H5)4NBF4/acetonitrile. Although the particle size of the raw graphite has no significant effect on the physico-chemical characteristics of the reduced materials, that exfoliated from smaller particles (<75 μm) result more advantageous for the release of the stored electrical energy. This effect is particularly evident in the aqueous electrolyte. Graphene-like materials may suffer from a drop in their specific surface area upon fabrication of electrodes with features of the existing commercial devices. This should be taken into account for a reliable interpretation of their performance in supercapacitors.

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Main Authors: Lobato Ortega, Belén, Vretenár, Viliam, Kotrusz, Peter, Hulman, Martin, Álvarez Centeno, Teresa
Format: artículo biblioteca
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-01
Subjects:Supercapacitor, Reduced graphite oxide, Graphene material, Electrode surface,
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/111609
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