High-performance supercapacitors using graphene/polyaniline composites deposited on kitchen sponge Mahmoud Moussa, Maher F El-Kady, Hao Wang, Andrew Michimore, Qinqin Zhou, Jian Xu, Peter Majeswki and Jun Ma, 2015 Nanotechnology 26 075702

ملخص البحث

We in this study used a commercial grade kitchen sponge as the scaffold where both graphene platelets (GnPs) and polyaniline (PANi) nanorods were deposited. The high electrical conductivity of GnPs (1460 S cm−1) enhances the pseudo-capacitive performance of PANi grown vertically on the GnPs basal planes; the interconnected pores of the sponge provide sufficient inner surface between the GnPs/PANi composite and the electrolyte, which thus facilitates ion diffusion during charge and discharge processes. When the composite electrode was used to build a supercapacitor with two-electrode configuration, it exhibited a specific capacitance of 965.3 F g−1 at a scan rate of 10 mV s−1 in 1.0M H2SO4 solution. In addition, the composite Nyquist plot showed no semicircle at high frequency corresponding to a low equivalent series resistance of 0.35 Ω. At 100 mV s−1, the supercapacitor demonstrated an energy density of 34.5 Wh kg−1 and a power density of 12.4 kW kg−1 based on the total mass of the active materials on both electrodes. To demonstrate the performance, we built an array consisting of three cells connected in series, which lit up a red light emitting diode for five minutes. This simple method holds promise for high-performance yet low-cost electrodes for supercapacitors.

الكلمات المفتاحيه

composites, graphene, supercapacitor, sponge, polyaniline