Balancing the anode and cathode using a reduced graphene binder for boosting both energy and power density of hybrid supercapacitors

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 1988-1994
Author(s):  
Ji-Hyuk Choi ◽  
Byung-su Kim

A reduced graphene oxide binder enhances the faradaic reaction kinetics of a Li4Ti5O12 (anode) and the specific capacity of a porous activated carbon (cathode), resulting in properly balanced Li+-ion hybrid supercapacitors.

Author(s):  
Tingjiao Xiao ◽  
Fengjin Yi ◽  
Mingzhi Yang ◽  
Weiliang Liu ◽  
Mei Li ◽  
...  

The “shuttle effect” and sluggish reaction kinetics of lithium polysulfides lead to inferior cycling performance and rate capability of Li-S batteries, which hurdles their practical application. Herein, a composite of...


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (35) ◽  
pp. 18707-18715 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesse S. Ko ◽  
Vicky V. T. Doan-Nguyen ◽  
Hyung-Seok Kim ◽  
Xavier Petrissans ◽  
Ryan H. DeBlock ◽  
...  

Na-ion charge-storage kinetics of polyol-derived Na2FePO4F are enhanced by using a nanocomposite comprising nanoparticles and reduced graphene oxide.


2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (13) ◽  
pp. 21064-21072 ◽  
Author(s):  
Humera Sabeeh ◽  
Sonia Zulfiqar ◽  
Muhammad Aadil ◽  
Muhammad Shahid ◽  
Imran Shakir ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 309 ◽  
pp. 113171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehmet Harbi Calimli ◽  
Mehmet Salih Nas ◽  
Hakan Burhan ◽  
Sibel Demiroglu Mustafov ◽  
Özkan Demirbas ◽  
...  

Nanomaterials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 681 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabian Arias Arias ◽  
Marco Guevara ◽  
Talia Tene ◽  
Paola Angamarca ◽  
Raul Molina ◽  
...  

Recently, green-prepared oxidized graphenes have attracted huge interest in water purification and wastewater treatment. Herein, reduced graphene oxide (rGO) was prepared by a scalable and eco-friendly method, and its potential use for the removal of methylene blue (MB) from water systems, was explored. The present work includes the green protocol to produce rGO and respective spectroscopical and morphological characterizations, as well as several kinetics, isotherms, and thermodynamic analyses to successfully demonstrate the adsorption of MB. The pseudo-second-order model was appropriated to describe the adsorption kinetics of MB onto rGO, suggesting an equilibrium time of 30 min. Otherwise, the Langmuir model was more suitable to describe the adsorption isotherms, indicating a maximum adsorption capacity of 121.95 mg g−1 at 298 K. In addition, kinetics and thermodynamic analyses demonstrated that the adsorption of MB onto rGO can be treated as a mixed physisorption–chemisorption process described by H-bonding, electrostatic, and π − π interactions. These results show the potential of green-prepared rGO to remove cationic dyes from wastewater systems.


Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 1074 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pier Paolo Prosini ◽  
Maria Carewska ◽  
Cinzia Cento ◽  
Gabriele Tarquini ◽  
Fabio Maroni ◽  
...  

A tin-decorated reduced graphene oxide, originally developed for lithium-ion batteries, has been investigated as an anode in sodium-ion batteries. The composite has been synthetized through microwave reduction of poly acrylic acid functionalized graphene oxide and a tin oxide organic precursor. The final product morphology reveals a composite in which Sn and SnO2 nanoparticles are homogenously distributed into the reduced graphene oxide matrix. The XRD confirms the initial simultaneous presence of Sn and SnO2 particles. SnRGO electrodes, prepared using Super-P carbon as conducting additive and Pattex PL50 as aqueous binder, were investigated in a sodium metal cell. The Sn-RGO showed a high irreversible first cycle capacity: only 52% of the first cycle discharge capacity was recovered in the following charge cycle. After three cycles, a stable SEI layer was developed and the cell began to work reversibly: the practical reversible capability of the material was 170 mA·h·g−1. Subsequently, a material of formula NaLi0.2Ni0.25Mn0.75O was synthesized by solid-state chemistry. It was found that the cathode showed a high degree of crystallization with hexagonal P2-structure, space group P63/mmc. The material was electrochemically characterized in sodium cell: the discharge-specific capacity increased with cycling, reaching at the end of the fifth cycle a capacity of 82 mA·h·g−1. After testing as a secondary cathode in a sodium metal cell, NaLi0.2Ni0.25Mn0.75O was coupled with SnRGO anode to form a sodium-ion cell. The electrochemical characterization allowed confirmation that the battery was able to reversibly cycle sodium ions. The cell’s power response was evaluated by discharging the SIB at different rates. At the lower discharge rate, the anode capacity approached the rated value (170 mA·h·g−1). By increasing the discharge current, the capacity decreased but the decline was not so pronounced: the anode discharged about 80% of the rated capacity at 1 C rate and more than 50% at 5 C rate.


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