Issue 6, 2013

High-performance flexible asymmetric supercapacitors based on 3D porous graphene/MnO2nanorod and graphene/Ag hybrid thin-film electrodes

Abstract

We demonstrate a simple method for preparing flexible, free-standing, three-dimensional porous graphene/MnO2 nanorod and graphene/Ag hybrid thin-film electrodes using a filtration assembly process. These graphene hybrid films, which accelerate ion and electron transport by providing lower ion-transport resistances and shorter diffusion-distances, exhibit high specific capacitances and power performances, and excellent mechanical flexibility. A novel asymmetric supercapacitor (SC) has been fabricated by using a graphene/MnO2 nanorod thin film as the positive electrode and a graphene/Ag thin film as the negative electrode. These devices exhibit a maximum energy density of 50.8 W h kg−1 and present a high power density of 90.3 kW kg−1, even at an energy density of 7.53 W h kg−1. The bent hybrid nanostructured asymmetric SC is connected to spin a fan, which also proved the high power density of the fabricated asymmetric SCs. These results suggest that such asymmetric graphene/MnO2 nanorod and graphene/Ag hybrid thin-film architectures are promising for next-generation high-performance flexible supercapacitors.

Graphical abstract: High-performance flexible asymmetric supercapacitors based on 3D porous graphene/MnO2 nanorod and graphene/Ag hybrid thin-film electrodes

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
19 Sep 2012
Accepted
05 Dec 2012
First published
05 Dec 2012

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2013,1, 1245-1251

High-performance flexible asymmetric supercapacitors based on 3D porous graphene/MnO2 nanorod and graphene/Ag hybrid thin-film electrodes

Y. Shao, H. Wang, Q. Zhang and Y. Li, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2013, 1, 1245 DOI: 10.1039/C2TC00235C

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