A Free-standing Graphene-Polypyrrole Hybrid Paper via Electropolymerization with an Enhanced Areal Capacitance

作者：Shu Kewei; Wang Caiyun; Zhao Chen; Ge Yu; Wallace Gordon G

来源：Electrochimica Acta, 2016, 212: 561-571.

DOI：10.1016/j.electacta.2016.07.052

• Graphene
• Areal capacitance
• Polypyrrole
• Supercapacitor
• Flexible hybrid paper electrode

Here we developed a free-standing reduced graphene oxide (rGO)-polypyrrole (PPy) hybrid paper via electropolymerization on a paper-like graphene gel. This flexible hybrid paper displayed a uniform layered structure with PPy coated onto the graphene layers. A high areal mass of 2.7 mg cm(-2) could be obtained. It delivered a greatly enhanced areal capacitance of 440 mF cm(-2) at 0.5 A g(-1), in contrast to that 151-198.5 mF cm(-2) previously reported for graphene paper or polypyrrole-graphene paper. It can retain similar to 81% of the initial capacitance at a high current density of 6 A g(-1). The combined high flexibility with outstanding electrochemical performance, makes such novel hybrid paper a promising electrode for flexible supercapacitors.

• 出版日期2016-9-10