Double laminated reduced graphene/Cu_2S/reduced graphene/graphene oxide nanofilms and their photoelectrochemical properties

In this work,an efficient photocatalytic material was prepared directly on Indium tin oxide(ITO)glass substrates by fabricating Cu_2 S and graphene oxide onto graphene for photoelectrochemical(PEC) water splitting.The double laminated reduced graphene/Cu_2S/reduced graphene/graphene oxide(RG/Cu_2S/RG/GO) nanofilms were characterized,and an enhanced photoelectrochemical response in the visible region was discovered.The photocurrent density of the nanofilms for PEC water splitting was measured to be up to 1.98 m A/cm~2,which could be ascribed to the followings:(i) a higher efficiency of light-harvesting because of GO coupling with Cu_2 S that could broaden the absorbing solar spectrum and enhance the light utilization efficiency;(ii) a stepwise structure of band-edge levels in the Cu_2S/GO electrode was constructed;(iii) double laminated electron accelerator(RG) was used in the Cu_2S/GO materials to get better electron-injecting efficiency.     

纳米纤维素/还原氧化石墨烯复合材料用于高性能超级电容器

以高浓度氧化石墨烯(GO)溶液作为反应前驱体,纳米纤维素(NC)作为物理间隔物和电解液储存器,通过简单的一步水热法制备了纳米纤维素/还原氧化石墨烯(NC/rGO)复合材料,并探究了其作为超级电容器电极材料的潜力。结果如下：NC添加量为1 mL所制备的NC/rGO-1具有最佳电化学性能。基于NC/rGO-1的无黏合剂对称型超级电容器在0.3 A·g^-1的电流密度下显示出了269.33 F·g^-1和350.13 F·cm^-3的高质量和体积比电容,并在10.0 A·g^-1时仍能达到215.88 F·g^-1和280.62 F·cm^-3(其初始值的80.15%)。组装器件还显示出了较高的质量和体积能量密度(9.3 Wh·kg^-1和12.13 Wh·L^-1)和出色的循环性能(10 A·g^-1下10 000次循环后其初始比电容仅减少6.02%)。     

纳米纤维素/还原氧化石墨烯复合材料用于高性能超级电容器

以高浓度氧化石墨烯(GO)溶液作为反应前驱体,纳米纤维素(NC)作为物理间隔物和电解液储存器,通过简单的一步水热法制备了纳米纤维素/还原氧化石墨烯(NC/rGO)复合材料,并探究了其作为超级电容器电极材料的潜力。结果如下：NC添加量为1 mL所制备的NC/rGO-1具有最佳电化学性能。基于NC/rGO-1的无黏合剂对称型超级电容器在0.3 A·g^-1的电流密度下显示出了 269.33 F·g^-1和 350.13 F·cm^-3的高质量和体积比电容,并在 10.0 A·g^-1时仍能达到 215.88 F·g^-1和 280.62 F·cm^-3(其初始值的 80.15%)。组装器件还显示出了较高的质量和体积能量密度(9.3 Wh·kg^-1和 12.13 Wh·L^-1)和出色的循环性能(10 A·g^-1下10 000次循环后其初始比电容仅减少6.02%)。     

碳网封装Fe3O4/还原氧化石墨烯锂离子电池负极材料

通过简单有效的溶剂热法将Fe3 O4颗粒与氧化石墨烯(GO)进行复合,得到Fe3 O4/GO复合材料.将Fe3 O4/GO与葡萄糖进行碾磨.在高温下将GO还原成还原氧化石墨烯(rGO)的同时在Fe3 O4/rGO表面制备网状结构的导电碳层,得到三维网络传输结构C/Fe3 O4/rGO复合材料.由碳网和还原氧化石墨烯组成...     

Enhanced reversible capacity of Li-S battery cathode based on graphene oxide

Lithium sulfur battery (LSB) offers several advantages such as very high energy density, low-cost, and environmental-friendliness. However, it suffers from serious degradation of its reversible capacity because of the dissolution of reaction intermediates, lithium polysulfides, into the electrolyte. To solve this limitation, there are many studies using graphene-based materials due to their excellent mechanical strength and high conductivity. Compared with graphene, graphene oxide (GO) contains various oxygen functional groups, which enhance the reaction with lithium polysulfides. Here, we investigated the positive effect of using GO mixed with carbon black on the performance of cathode in LSB. We have observed a smaller drop of capacity in GO mixed sulfur cathode. We further demonstrate that the mechanistic origin of reversibility improvement, as confirmed through CV and Raman spectra, can be explained by the stabilization of sulfur in lithium polysulfide intermediates by oxygen functional groups of GO to prevent dissolution. Our findings suggest that the use of graphene oxide-based cathode is a promising route to significantly improve the reversibility of current LSB.     

Nitrogen-doped graphene derived from polyaniline/graphene oxide composites with improved capacity and cyclic performance of Li-O2 battery

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry - Nitrogen-doped graphene (NGO) was synthesized by the pyrolysis of precursor polyaniline/graphene oxide composites, where the nitrogen content of the NGO...     

Enhanced adsorption performance of the graphene oxide with metallic ion impurities by elution

The graphene oxides (GOs) with various content of metallic ions impurities were prepared, and the adsorption performance of the GO before and after elution was evaluated. The prepared GOs were characterized by X‐ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, inductively coupled plasma and atomic force microscopy. The results indicated that the metallic ion impurities hardly affected the interlayer distance, microstructure and thickness of the prepared GOs. The adsorption isotherm and adsorption kinetic results showed that the metallic ions adsorbed on the GO surface had a negative influence on both the adsorption capacity and rate. After eluted by HNO₃ or HCl, most of the metallic ions adsorbed on the GO‐91 surface were ion‐exchanged by the protons of the acid eluents, and the purified GO showed enhanced equilibrium capacities and improved adsorption rate. The elution efficiency of HCl was better than that of HNO₃, and the adsorption capacity and rate of the GO eluted by HCl approximately reached to those of the GO prepared from the graphite with high purity. It indicated that HCl could efficiently remove the metallic ions adsorbed on the GO surface. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

氧化石墨烯浓度对还原氧化石墨烯/ZnS电化学性能的影响

以氧化石墨烯(GO)、乙酸锌(Zn(CH₃COO)₂)和硫脲为原料,采用水热法成功制备了还原氧化石墨烯/ZnS(rGO/ZnS)复合材料,并将该材料用作锂离子电池负极。高导电性的 rGO可以为锂离子和电子的传输提供有效的路径,ZnS可以提供较高的理论比容量。rGO/ZnS复合材料在rGO与纳米级高度分散的类球形ZnS颗粒协同作用下展现了较好的嵌锂容量和循环性能。当GO质量浓度为2 mg·mL^-1时制备的rGO/ZnS复合材料的倍率性能最好,循环稳定性最佳。     

氧化石墨烯浓度对还原氧化石墨烯/ZnS电化学性能的影响

以氧化石墨烯(GO)、乙酸锌(Zn(CH₃COO)₂)和硫脲为原料,采用水热法成功制备了还原氧化石墨烯/ZnS(rGO/ZnS)复合材料,并将该材料用作锂离子电池负极。高导电性的 rGO可以为锂离子和电子的传输提供有效的路径,ZnS可以提供较高的理论比容量。rGO/ZnS复合材料在rGO与纳米级高度分散的类球形ZnS颗粒协同作用下展现了较好的嵌锂容量和循环性能。当GO质量浓度为2 mg·mL^-1时制备的rGO/ZnS复合材料的倍率性能最好,循环稳定性最佳。     

整体式三氧化钨/氧化石墨烯气凝胶增强可见光光催化氧化NO性能（英文）

近年来,光催化技术在去除以NO为代表的诸多室内气体污染物方面展现出巨大的潜力.单质铋和铋系氧化物,非金属氧化物以及钙钛矿等众多半导体光催化材料均具有优异的NO降解效率,但很难控制氧化产物.因而会生成大量毒性更强的中间产物NO2造成二次污染.因此,寻求一种清洁、高效,且具有良好选择性的光催化材料成为了亟待解决的问题.六方相三氧化钨(h-WO_3)的价带位置较正,氧化电位较高,具有很强的氧化能力,是一种良好的氧化性光催化半导体材料.然而,WO_3催化材料多为粉末状,不仅容易团聚,难以回收利用并且会堵塞检测气路.同时,WO_3本身存在的电子-空穴复合率高,弱的可见光响应性等问题使其光催化活性较低.因而,制备具有良好可见光响应,高电子-空穴分离效率的一体化WO_3材料是其广泛应用前急需解决的问题.而石墨烯气凝胶是理想的催化剂载体,其较高的比表面积以及多孔状结构可有效地增加催化剂的暴露面积,提升催化剂利用率;更重要的是,氧化石墨烯(GO)具有极高的导电率,可作为电子受体加速电子-空穴对的分离而提升光催化活性.因此,以GO作为基体材料,构建WO_3/GO气凝胶一体化材料有良好的应用前景.然而,现在还鲜见有关宏观WO_3/GO气凝胶光催化降解NO的报道.本文以偏钨酸铵为钨源,利用体积分数为25%的冰醋酸在180ⅹC条件下制备六方相三氧化钨.通过机械搅拌以及冷冻干燥法制备WO_3/GO气凝胶.经光催化氧化NO测试发现其可见光下降解率可达51%,是WO_3粉体的3.3倍,并且NO_2生成率仅为0.5%,远远低于其他相关光催化材料.采用了X射线衍射(XRD),透射电镜(TEM),X射线光电子能谱(XPS),紫外-漫反射分光光度计(UV-DRS),傅里叶红外光谱(FTIR)和荧光光谱(PL)等手段研究了其光催化性能提高的原因.XRD测试显示,复合材料主体为h-WO_3,说明GO的引入并未破坏材料晶体结构;TEM和BET测试发现,在加入GO之后h-WO_3分散性变好,比表面积变大,从而可暴露更多的光催化活性位点.UV-DRS吸收光谱可以看到WO_3/GO气凝胶材料的吸收边发生了显著的红移,其禁带宽度从3.44 eV减小到3.16 eV,这可能是GO影响了WO_3的能带结构所致.同时PL结果表明,引入了GO之后,气凝胶材料的非辐射跃迁程度明显减小表明其电子-空穴对的复合得到了显著抑制,电子迁移显著加强.综合以上结果,可以得到WO_3/GO光催化性能提升以及良好的产物选择性的原因.首先,三维气凝胶材料的结构提升了催化剂的有效利用率,较大的比表面积暴露了更多的活性位点.其次,GO的引入减小了复合材料的禁带宽度,并使其吸光性能有所改善,产生了更多的光生电子和空穴.最后,GO本身极高的导电性,使光生电子-空穴对得以有效的分离,一方面,电子通过GO迅速转移到材料表面来参与光催化反应;另一方面,电子的快速转移抑制了电子-空穴对的复合,进而提高光催化性能,而且较正的价带位置保证了NO较为彻底的氧化为NO3–.因此,相比传统粉末WO_3催化材料,一体化的WO_3/GO气凝胶不仅显著提升了NO降解率,同时严格抑制了毒副产物NO2的生成,同时更具有容易回收利用,不存在二次污染的优点.综上所述,WO_3/GO一体化气凝胶光催化材料有望在环境净化与能源领域表现出良好的应用前景.     

Three-dimensional ZnS/reduced graphene oxide/polypyrrole composite for high-performance supercapacitors and lithium-ion battery electrode material

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry - In this work, three-dimensional ZnS/reduced graphene oxide/polypyrrole ternary composites were synthesized. The as-prepared composites are investigated as...     

Synthesis of iron oxide cubes/reduced graphene oxide composite and its enhanced lithium storage performance

Fe₃O₄ is considered as a promising electrode material for lithium-ion batteries(LIBs) due to its low cost and high theoretical capacity(928 mAh/g).Nevertheless,the huge volume expansion and poor conductivity seriously hamper its practical applications.In this study,we use a facile hydrothermal reaction together with a post heat treatment to construct the three-dimensional heterostructured composite(Fe₃O₄/rGO) inwhich reduced graphene oxide sheets wraped the Fe₃O₄ submicron cubes as the conductive network.The electric conduction and electrode kinetics of lithium ion insertion/extraction reaction of the composite is enhanced due to the assist of conductive rGO,and thus the Listorage performance is obviously improved.The composite exhibits a reversible charge capacity of772.1 mAh/g at the current density of 0.1 A/g,and the capacity retention reaches 70.3% after400 cycles at0.5 A/g,demonstrating obviously higher specific capacity and rate capability over the Fe₃O₄ submicron cubes without rGO,and much superior cycling stability to the parent Fe_2 O_3 submicron cubes without rGO.On the other hand,as a synergic conductive carbon support,the flexible rGO plays an important role in buffering the large volume change during the repeated discharge/charge cycling.     

Electrochemical detection of selenium using glassy carbon electrode modified with reduced graphene oxide

In this work, a simple experimental procedure was reported for the electroanalytical determination of selenium (IV) using reduced graphene oxide (rGO) to modify glassy carbon electrode (GCE). The rGO was obtained by reduction of graphene oxide obtained via Hummer’s method. The synthesised rGO was characterised using X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscope (SEM), energy-dispersive spectroscopy and transmission Electron microscopy (TEM). GCE was modified with rGO and the electrochemical properties of the bare and modified electrode were investigated using cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. The results obtained showed that the modified electrode exhibited more excellent electrochemical properties than the bare GCE. The optimum conditions for detection of selenium in water using square wave anodic stripping voltammetry were as follows: deposition potential ?500 mV, pH 1, pre-concentration time of 240 s and 0.1 M nitric acid was used as supporting electrolyte. The linear regression equation obtained was I (µA) = 0.8432C + 9.2359 and the detection limit was calculated to be 0.85 μg L^?1. However, Cu(II) and Cd(II) are the two cations that interfered in the analysis of selenium in water.

The sensor was also applied for real sample water analysis and the result obtained was affirmed with inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopic method. It is believed that our proposed sensor hold promise for practical application.     

Mechanically flexible reduced graphene oxide/carbon composite films for high-performance quasi-solid-state lithium-ion capacitors

Practical applications of diverse flexible wearable electronics require electrochemical energy storage(EES) devices with multiple configurations. Moreover, to fabricate flexible EES devices with high energy density and stability, organic integration from electrode design to device assembly is required. To address these challenges, a free-standing reduced graphene oxide(rGO)/carbon film with a unique sandwich structure has been designed via the assistance of vacuum-assistant filtration for lithiu...     

Surface modification by graphene oxide:An efficient strategy to improve the performance of activated carbon based supercapacitors

An efficient and cost-effective strategy to modificate the surface of active carbon (AC), form a 3D-conductive network, and therefore improve the electrochemical performance of AC based supercapacitor was developed.     

Self-assembled reduced graphene oxide/sulfur composite encapsulated by polyaniline for enhanced electrochemistry performance

Reduced graphene oxide/sulfur/polyaniline (referred to RGO/S/PANI) composite was self-assembled through in situ synthesis and used to investigate the electrochemical properties of lithium/sulfur cells. The RGO/S/PANI composite possessed 809.3/801.9 mAh g^?1 of initial charge/discharge capacities, higher than 588.3/588.2 mAh g^?1 for reduced graphene oxide/sulfur (referred to RGO/S) and 681.4/669.9 mAh g^?1 for sulfur/polyaniline (referred to S/PANI) at similar conditions. The RGO/S/PANI composite obtained 400 mAh g^?1 at 2 C and good reversible capacities of 605.5 and 600.8 mAh g^?1 at 100th charge/discharge cycle at 0.1 C, in comparison with low electrochemical performance of RGO/S and S/PANI. The improved properties could be attributed to the collaboration of RGO and PANI. Co-generation of RGO and sulfur acted as seeds for their depositions, stimulated their uniform distributions, and restricted the agglomeration of sulfur particles in situ synthesis. Polyaniline coated RGO/S and stabilized the nanostructure of RGO/S/PANI in repeated charge/discharge cycles. In addition, RGO and PANI provided many electron channels to enhance sulfur conductivity and sufficient void space for sulfur swelling during charge/discharge cycles.     

ZnWO4 nanocrystals/reduced graphene oxide hybrids: Synthesis and their application for Li ion batteries

ZnWO4,as an environment-friendly and economic material,has the potential for Li ion batteries(LIB)application.In this paper,a facile method has been developed to synthesize ZnWO4supported on the reduced graphene oxide(RGO)to improve its LIB performance.The cuboid-like ZnWO4nanocrystals are prepared by directly adding Na2WO4 powders into the graphene oxide/Zn aqueous solution followed by a hydrothermal treatment.The high-resolution TEM,XRD and XPS characterizations were employed to demonstrate structural information of the as-prepared ZnWO4/RGO hybrids carefully.Besides,we also discussed the LIB properties of the hybrids based on the detailed galvanostatic charge-discharge cycling tests.As a result,the specific capacity of the as-prepared ZnWO4/RGO hybrids reached more than 477.3 mA h g 1after 40 cycles at a current density of 100 mA g 1(only less than 159 mA g 1for bare ZnWO4).During the whole cyclic process,the coulombic efficiency steadily kept the values higher than 90%.     

Two kinds of composite films: Graphene oxide/carbon nanotube film and graphene oxide/activated carbon film via a self-assemble preparation process

Two kinds of free-standing composite films, including graphene oxide and activated carbon film as well as graphene oxide and carbon nanotube film, were fabricated through a simple suspension mixing and then natural deposition process. The films were characterized by various measurement techniques in detail. The results show that the composite films without any treatment almost still remain the original properties of the corresponding precursors, and exhibit loose structure, which can be easily broken in water; whereas after treated at 200 °C in air, the films become relatively more dense, and even if immersed into concentrated strong alkali or acid for five days, they still keep the film-morphologies, but regretfully, they show obvious brittleness and slight hydrophilicity. As soon as the treated films are performed in high concentrated strong alkali for about one day, their brittleness and wettability can be improved and became good flexibility and complete hydrophilicity.     

石墨烯/还原氧化石墨烯/聚苯胺复合材料的制备及在超级电容器中的应用

本研究以低成本、易规模化的亲水性石墨烯/氧化石墨烯为前驱体,通过原位聚合的方法制备石墨烯/氧化石墨烯/聚苯胺复合材料,经过化学还原后制备得到石墨烯/还原氧化石墨烯/聚苯胺复合材料.采用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、透射电子显微镜(TEM)和傅里叶红外变化光谱仪(FT-IR)对制备的材料进行了结构和形貌的表征.运用循环伏安法...     

Enhanced the performance of zinc strontium sulfide-based supercapattery device with the polyaniline doped activated carbon

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry - A hybrid supercapacitor, also known as a supercapattery, combines the high power density of supercapacitors with the high energy density of batteries. In...