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NANO ENERGY
Volume 78, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.105286
Keywords
Reduced graphene oxide; Freestanding and flexible films; Pre-reduction; N-doping; Li-ion batteries; Binder-free anode material
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- University of Cologne
- Global Frontier Program through the Global Frontier Hybrid Interface Materials (GFHIM) of the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning [2013M3A6B1078874]
- Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) under the Make Our Planet Great Again -German Research Initiative'' (MOPGA-GRI) [57429784]
- research cluster Quantum Matter and Materials at the University of Cologne, Germany
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Controlling interlayer spacing in graphene oxide materials is an effective strategy to unify high conductivity with high intercalation and storage properties. Free-standing films of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) match these characteristics and are capable of replacing metal-based anodes in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) crucially essential for enhanced flexibility and gravimetric energy density of devices currently sought for wearable and stretchable electronics. Restoring high electrical conductivity through chemical reduction of graphene oxide (GO) remains elusive due to interplay of desired in-plane conductivity and interlayer ion transport. A chemical pre-reduction step introduced in this work alleviated the defect density in graphene oxides to enable the incorporation of nitrogen by annealing in NH3 atmosphere. Decreased oxygen contents were observed upon pre-reduction through a deoxygenation process (C:O ratio GO: 1.7, rGO: 11.4, pre-reduced rGO: 34.8) to effectively restore the aromatic character in rGO films. The pre-reduction altered the chemical topography and reinforced the interlayer interactions of the resulting N:rGO films to boost the electrical conductivity (pre-reduced rGO: 11759 S m(-1), pre-reduced N:rGO: 25253 S m(-1)) and produce more densely packed structures. DFT calculations confirmed a gradual decrease in interlayer spacing values in GO (4.85 angstrom), N:rGO (3.83 angstrom) and pre-reduced N: rGO* (3.61 angstrom) samples, which validated the critical role of chemical pre-reduction. The DFT calculations also explained the differential behavior of N-doped and pre-reduced rGO films on significantly enhanced electrical conductivity and lithium storage capacity (rGO: 1208 S m(-1), 261 mAh g(-1); N:rGO: 10574 S m(-1), 529 mAh g(-1)). This work presents a facile pathway to overcome the persisting limitation of 2D carbon nanostructures prepared by aqueous processing to produce chemically engineered graphitic carbons as anodes for lithium ion batteries.
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