Journal
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 561, Issue -, Pages 416-425Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2019.11.007
Keywords
Graphene; Methylene blue; Specific capacitance; Energy density
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Funding
- Qinglan Talents Project of Xianyang Normal University [XSYQL201803]
- Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province [2018JM2033, 2019JQ-221]
- Shaanxi Provincial Education Department Project [18JK0836]
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Electrochemical active small organic molecules are potential electrode materials for supercapacitors due to their sustainable and good redox reversibility. However, the poor electrical conductivity restricts their application in supercapacitors. Herein, a water soluble organic dye of methylene blue (MB) has been supported on graphene (GR) through a facile ultrasonic method to form a methylene blue/graphene (MB/GR) composite. A small amount of MB (13%) in MB/GR composite improves the wettability of GR and supplies pseudocapacitance. The MB/GR composite can be used as a binder-free electrode for supercapacitors, and gives a high specific capacitance of 517 F g(-1) at 0.5 A g(-1), in 0.5 mol L-1 H2SO4 aqueous electrolyte with a satisfactory capacitive retention of 91% after 2000 consecutive cyclic voltammetry tests at 10 mV s(-1). Benefiting from the high specific capacitance of MB/GR composite, the as-assembled symmetrical solid-state supercapacitor (MB/GR//MB/GR) delivers a high energy density of 30.36 Wh kg(-1) at 0.7 kW kg(-1), and excellent cycle stability (nearly 27% drop after 10,000 consecutive constant current charge-discharge at 5 A g(-1)). This work offers some enlightenment to design and preparation of highperformance electrode materials for supercapacitors. (C) 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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