Super-Capacitive Performance of Manganese Dioxide/Graphene Nano-Walls Electrodes Deposited on Stainless Steel Current Collectors

Graphene nano-walls (GNWs) are promising materials that can be used as an electrode in electrochemical devices. We have grown GNWs by inductively-coupled plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition on stainless steel (AISI304) substrate. In order to enhance the super-capacitive properties of the elect...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Amade Rovira, Roger, Muyshegyan-Avetisyan, Arevik, Martí González, Joan, Pérez del Pino, Ángel, György, Eniko, Pascual Miralles, Esther, Andújar Bella, José Luis, Bertrán Serra, Enric
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/158581
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/158581
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Grafè
Aparells electrònics
Acer inoxidable
Graphene
Electronic apparatus and appliances
Stainless steel
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Sumario:Graphene nano-walls (GNWs) are promising materials that can be used as an electrode in electrochemical devices. We have grown GNWs by inductively-coupled plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition on stainless steel (AISI304) substrate. In order to enhance the super-capacitive properties of the electrodes, we have deposited a thin layer of MnO2 by electrodeposition method. We studied the effect of annealing temperature on the electrochemical properties of the samples between 70 °C and 600 °C. Best performance for supercapacitor applications was obtained after annealing at 70 °C with a specific capacitance of 104 F·g−1 at 150 mV·s−1 and a cycling stability of more than 14k cycles with excellent coulombic efficiency and 73% capacitance retention. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry, and galvanostatic charge/discharge measurements reveal fast proton diffusion (1.3 × 10−13 cm2·s−1) and surface redox reaction after annealing at 70 °C.