A general method for boosting the supercapacitor performance of graphitic carbon nitride/graphene hybrids

Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C 3 N 4 ) contains a high C/N ratio of 3/4; however, utilizing nitrogen atoms in pseudocapacitive energy storage systems remains a challenge due to the limited number of edge nitrogen atoms and inherent poor electrical conductivity of this semi-conductor material. 3D oxid...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of materials chemistry. A, Materials for energy and sustainability Materials for energy and sustainability, 2017, Vol.5 (48), p.25545-25554
Hauptverfasser: Lin, Runjia, Li, Zhuangnan, Abou El Amaiem, Dina Ibrahim, Zhang, Bingjie, Brett, Dan J. L, He, Guanjie, Parkin, Ivan P
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Zusammenfassung:Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C 3 N 4 ) contains a high C/N ratio of 3/4; however, utilizing nitrogen atoms in pseudocapacitive energy storage systems remains a challenge due to the limited number of edge nitrogen atoms and inherent poor electrical conductivity of this semi-conductor material. 3D oxidized g-C 3 N 4 functionalized graphene composites (GOOCN24), in which reduced graphene oxide providing high electron conductivity acts as a skeleton and hybridises with oxidized g-C 3 N 4 segments, were synthesized using a facile two-step solution-based method. Due to the pre-oxidation treatment of g-C 3 N 4 , which breaks the polymeric nature of g-C 3 N 4 and increases in the proportion of edge nitrogen atoms and the subsequent solubility in water, the GOOCN24 composites used as electrodes for supercapacitors show a specific capacitance as high as 265.6 F g −1 in acid electrolyte and 243.8 F g −1 in alkaline electrolyte in three-electrode configuration at a current density of 1 A g −1 . In addition, low internal resistance, excellent rate performance of over 74% capacitance retention (over a 50-fold increase in current density), and outstanding cycling stability of over 94% capacitance retention after 5000 cyclic voltammetry cycles in both alkaline and acid electrolytes was attained. This translated into excellent energy density with appropriate power density when demonstrated in a symmetrical device. A simple method is developed to boost the electrochemical performance of graphitic carbon nitride/graphene composites as supercapacitor electrodes.
ISSN:2050-7488
2050-7496
DOI:10.1039/c7ta09492b