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CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
Volume 47, Issue 2, Pages 1651-1659Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2020.08.281
Keywords
Reduced graphene oxide; Tin oxide; Tin chloride; Atmospheric pressure plasma; Supercapacitor; Flexible electronics
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- Advanced Research Center for Green Materials Science and Technology from The Featured Area Research Center Program of the Higher Education Sprout Project by the Ministry of Education [109L9006]
- Ministry of Science and Technology in Taiwan [MOST 109-2634-F-002-042, MOST 108-2221-E-002-088-MY3]
- Innovation-Orientated Trilateral Proposal for Young Investigators of NTU System [NTU-IOTP-109PNTUS06, 109TY5F05]
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In this study, rGO-SnO2 nanocomposites were fabricated using a nitrogen atmospheric-pressure plasma jet (APPJ) for supercapacitor electrodes. The optimal processing time of 300 s resulted in the best areal capacitance of 97.53 mF/cm(2) with a capacitance retention rate of approximately 85% after a 10,000-cycle test. Additionally, the capacitance increased by 11% after a 1000-cycle bending test, indicating improved performance with mechanical bending.
Reduced graphene oxide (rGO)-SnO2 nanocomposites are fabricated on carbon cloth from screen-printed pastes containing rGO nanoflakes and SnCl2 liquid precursor by using a nitrogen atmospheric-pressure plasma jet (APPJ). RGO-SnO2-coated carbon cloth is then used as the electrode of gel-electrolyte supercapacitors (SCs). Experiments conducted with various APPJ processing times suggest that the optimal APPJ processing time is 300 s. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) measurements indicate that 300-s APPJ processing results in the best areal capacitance of 97.53 mF/cm(2). The capacitance retention rate is similar to 85% after a 10,000-cycle CV test. Further, capacitance increases by 11% after a 1000-cycle bending test under a bending radius of 7.5 mm, possibly owing to the better electrolyte/electrode contact and decrease in the charge transport resistance after mechanical bending. This study also characterized APPJ-processed rGO-SnO2 nanocomposites by scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray diffractometry, Raman spectroscopy, and water contact angle measurements.
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