journal article·2020-03-11

Graphene Quantum Dot Reinforced Electrospun Carbon Nanofiber Fabrics with High Surface Area for Ultrahigh Rate Supercapacitors

Jing Zhao, Jiayao Zhu, Yutong Li, Luxiang Wang, Yue Dong, Zimu Jiang, Chengwei Fan, Yali Cao, Rui Sheng, Anjie Liu, Su Zhang, Huaihe Song, Dianzeng Jia, Zhuangjun Fan

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces· Volume 12· Issue 10
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Abstract

High surface area, good conductivity, and high mechanical strength are important for carbon nanofiber fabrics (CNFs) as high-performance supercapacitor electrodes. However, it remains a big challenge because of the trade-off between the strong and continuous conductive network and a well-developed porous structure. Herein, we report a simple strategy to integrate these properties into the electrospun CNFs by adding graphene quantum dots (GQDs). The uniformly embedded GQDs play a crucial bifunctional role in constructing an entire reinforcing phase and conductive network. Compared with the pure CNF, the GQD-reinforced activated CNF exhibits a greatly enlarged surface area from 140 to 2032 m2 g–1 as well as a significantly improved conductivity and strength of 5.5 and 2.5 times, respectively. The mechanism of the robust reinforcing effect is deeply investigated. As a freestanding supercapacitor electrode, the fabric performs a high capacitance of 335 F g–1 at 1 A g–1 and extremely high capacitance retentions of 77% at 100 A g–1 and 45% at 500 A g–1. Importantly, the symmetric device can be charged to 80% capacitance within only 2.2 s, showing great potential for high-power startup supplies.
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OpenAlex topics: Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication · Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials · Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications

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Affiliations

Key Laboratory of Energy Materials Chemistry, Ministry of Education; Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials, Autonomous Region; Institute of Applied Chemistry, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, P. R. China

State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China

State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Process and Technology for Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China

College of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, P. R. China

School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao 266580, P. R. China

Funding

Shandong Province · National Natural Science Foundation of China · Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province · Higher Education Institution of Xinjiang · Xinjiang Tianchi Doctoral Project · Xinjiang Tianshan Xuesong Project

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