Journal
JOURNAL OF INORGANIC AND ORGANOMETALLIC POLYMERS AND MATERIALS
Volume 29, Issue 6, Pages 2282-2290Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10904-019-01172-6
Keywords
Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorods; rGO; Nanocomposite; Hall measurement; Galvanostatic charge-discharge; Hybrid supercapacitor
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- UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research project [CSR-IC-BL-48/CRS-165/2016-17/829, 2017-18/786, CSR-IC/BL-48/CRS-165/2018-19/1421]
- Ministry of Education [2018R1A6A1A03025708]
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The present research work aimed to development of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) and ZnO nanorods based rZN nanocomposite with different molar ratios. This nanocomposite was prepared using a simple, one-step thermal reaction method. The morphology, phase identification and crystalline properties of the nanocomposites were studied using SEM, TEM, SAED and XRD techniques. Further, EDS analysis was used for elemental conformation of the nanocomposite. Films of the nanocomposite were deposited on a substrate by the cost-effective spin coating technique and the resistivity was measured by a Hall measurement system, which shows a decrease in resistivity value. The electrochemical properties studied by measuring the specific capacitance using cyclic voltammetry (CV) and galvanostatic charge-discharge techniques in 3 M KOH solution. These CV studies indicated that the positive synergistic effect of rGO and ZnO nanorods has shown excellent performance. The best results were obtained from the 1:2 ratio of rGO: ZnO, which demonstrated a specific capacitance of 472 F/g, an energy density of 2.62 Wh/kg, and a power density of 32.24 W/kg. These results concluded that rZN nanocomposites are promising electrode materials for supercapacitor applications.
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