Journal
NANO LETTERS
Volume 16, Issue 3, Pages 1523-1529Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b03576
Keywords
Porous graphene oxide; ion transport; electron transport; nanowire; intercalation capacitance
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- National Basic Research Program of China [2013CB934103, 2012CB933003]
- International Science and Technology Cooperation Program of China [2013DFA50840]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51521001, 51272197]
- National Natural Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars [51425204]
- Hubei Province Natural Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars [2014CFA035]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [WUT: 152401004, 2014-YB-001, 2014-YB-002]
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Graphene has been widely used to enhance the performance of energy storage devices due to its high conductivity, large surface area, and excellent mechanical flexibility. However, it is, still unclear how graphene influences the electrochemical performance and reaction mechanisms of electrode materials. The single-nanowire electrochemical probe is an effective tool to explore the intrinsic mechanisms of the electrochemical reactions in situ. Here, pure MnO2 nanowires, reduced graphene oxide/MnO2 nanowires, and porous graphene oxide/MnO2 wire-in-scroll nano wires are employed to investigate the capacitance, ion diffusion coefficient, and charge storage mechanisms in single-nanowire electrochemical devices. The porous graphene oxide/MnO2 wire-in scroll nanowire delivers an areal capacitance of 104 nF/mu m(2), which is 4.0 and 2.8 times as high as those of reduced graphene oxide/MnO2 wire-in-scroll nanowire and MnO2 nanowire, respectively, at a scan rate of 20 mV/s. It is demonstrated that the reduced graphene oxide wrapping around the MnO2 nanowire greatly increases the electronic conductivity of the active materials, but decreases the ion diffusion coefficient because of the shielding effect of graphene. By creating pores in the graphene, the ion diffusion coefficient is recovered without degradation of the electron transport rate, which significantly improves the capacitance. Such single-nanowire electrochemical probes, which can detect electrochemical processes and behavior in situ, can also be fabricated with other active materials for energy storage and other applications in related fields.
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