Issue 40, 2016, Issue in Progress

Facile electrochemical preparation of a composite film of ruthenium dioxide and carboxylated graphene for a high performance supercapacitor

Abstract

Ruthenium and carboxylated graphene (CG) were co-electrodeposited at −0.25 V vs. SCE on a quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) Au electrode in a stirred aqueous dispersion containing 0.6 mM RuCl3, 1 mg mL−1 CG and 0.1 M H2SO4. The Ru–CG composite was electrooxidized by cyclic voltammetry in 0.5 M aqueous H2SO4 to yield a RuO2–CG/QCM electrode for supercapacitor research. In situ QCM technique and ex situ scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray diffraction (XRD) spectroscopy, and Raman spectroscopy were used for process monitoring and/or film characterizations. The RuO2–CG/QCM electrode exhibited an apparent specific capacitance of 756 F g−1, an energy density of 101 W h kg−1 at a power density of 2.5 kW kg−1, and high stability. The specific capacitance is higher than those of similarly prepared RuO2/QCM, RuO2–multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)/QCM, RuO2–graphene oxide/QCM electrodes and a cast-coated CG/QCM electrode, as well as many reported RuO2-based electrodes. The present method for the preparation of the RuO2–CG composite film only needs two simple electrochemical processes (solution-stirred composite electrodeposition and then a solution-quiescent anodic treatment), which is promising for the facile preparation of other similar nanocomposite films for wider applications.

Graphical abstract: Facile electrochemical preparation of a composite film of ruthenium dioxide and carboxylated graphene for a high performance supercapacitor

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
08 Feb 2016
Accepted
23 Mar 2016
First published
06 Apr 2016

RSC Adv., 2016,6, 33666-33675

Facile electrochemical preparation of a composite film of ruthenium dioxide and carboxylated graphene for a high performance supercapacitor

Y. Meng, L. Wang, H. Xiao, Y. Ma, L. Chao and Q. Xie, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 33666 DOI: 10.1039/C6RA03615E

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