High Performance of N‐Doped Graphene with Bubble‐like Textures for Supercapacitors |
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| Authors: | Shuo Zhang Lina Sui Hongquan Kang Hongzhou Dong Lifeng Dong Liyan Yu |
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| Affiliation: | College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, P. R. China |
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| Abstract: | Nitrogen‐doped graphene (NG) with wrinkled and bubble‐like texture is fabricated by a thermal treatment. Especially, a novel sonication‐assisted pretreatment with nitric acid is used to further oxidize graphene oxide and its binding with melamine molecules. There are many bubble‐like nanoflakes with a dimension of about 10 nm appeared on the undulated graphene nanosheets. The bubble‐like texture provides more active sites for effective ion transport and reversible capacitive behavior. The specific surface area of NG (5.03 at% N) can reach up to 438.7 m2 g?1, and the NG electrode demonstrates high specific capacitance (481 F g?1 at 1 A g?1, four times higher than reduced graphene oxide electrode (127.5 F g?1)), superior cycle stability (the capacitance retention of 98.9% in 2 m KOH and 99.2% in 1 m H2SO4 after 8000 cycles), and excellent energy density (42.8 Wh kg?1 at power density of 500 W kg?1 in 2 m KOH aqueous electrolyte). The results indicate the potential use of NG as graphene‐based electrode material for energy storage devices. |
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| Keywords: | bubble‐like texture electrochemical performance N‐doped graphene nitric acid thermal treatment |
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