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APPLIED ENERGY
Volume 153, Issue -, Pages 22-31Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.02.091
Keywords
Graphene; Sodium borohydride; Supercapacitors; Specific capacitance
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- Korea CCS R&D Center (KCRC) - Korea government (Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning) [2014M1A8A1049272]
- VIT University - India
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2014M1A8A1049272] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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A simple chemical route was adopted for the preparation of graphene by chemical reduction route using sodium borohydride (NaBH4) as a reducing agent. A systematic study was done to show the effect of NaBH4 on the reduction and the obtained graphene samples were characterized using X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, Atomic force microcopy and High resolution transmission electron microscopy. Better reduction of GO was observed at GO and NaBH4 ratio of 1:10 (denoted as SR1:10). Further, the investigation was emphasized to show the effect of the above GO to reductant ratio on its charge storage properties. Electrochemical measurements were carried out in 6 M KOH electrolyte and the results show that the capacitance performance was increased in the order of GO < SR1:8 < SR1:4 < SR1:12 < SR1:10. A high specific capacitance of 284.3 F/g was observed for SR1:10 electrode at 5 mV/s scan rate could be due to better electrical conductivity of sample. The ratio of GO and NaBH4 was optimized to 1:10 for high degree reduction of graphene, which has higher capacitance towards supercapacitor applications. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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