Issue 23, 2015

Vertically oriented few-layer graphene-nanocup hybrid structured electrodes for high-performance supercapacitors

Abstract

A high-performance supercapacitor was successfully developed using graphene-based 3D hybrid nanostructured electrodes. The 3D hybrid nanostructure, consisting of vertically oriented few-layer graphene (VFG) grown on an alveolate Pt film with high-density nanocups, was synthesized by a simple and efficient “one-step” method. The 3D VFG-nanocup hybrid structured electrodes showed a high specific surface area for ion transmission and storage, which contributes to the enhancement of areal capacitance by accommodating more charges in a given footprint area than that of conventional plane-structured electrodes. Electrochemistry results indicate that the 3D VFG-nanocup hybrid structured electrodes exhibit a high specific capacitance up to 1052 μF cm−2 (three times that of the VFG-plane, at approximately 337 μF cm−2), and a good cycling stability with about 93% capacitance retention after 3000 cycles. These easily fabricated, high-performance 3D hybrid nanostructured electrodes offer great promise in energy storage device applications.

Graphical abstract: Vertically oriented few-layer graphene-nanocup hybrid structured electrodes for high-performance supercapacitors

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
18 Feb 2015
Accepted
30 Apr 2015
First published
06 May 2015

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2015,3, 12396-12403

Author version available

Vertically oriented few-layer graphene-nanocup hybrid structured electrodes for high-performance supercapacitors

J. L. Qi, X. Wang, J. H. Lin, F. Zhang, J. C. Feng and W. Fei, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2015, 3, 12396 DOI: 10.1039/C5TA01330E

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