Disassembly–Reassembly Approach to RuO2/Graphene Composites for Ultrahigh Volumetric Capacitance Supercapacitor

Abstract

A porous, yet compact, RuO2/graphene hybrid is successfully prepared by using a disassembly–reassembly strategy, achieving effective and uniform loading of RuO2 nanoparticles inside compact graphene monolith. The disassembly process ensures the uniform loading of RuO2 nanoparticles into graphene monolith, while the reassembly process guarantees a high density yet simultaneously unimpeded ion transport channel in the composite. The resulting RuO2/graphene hybrid possesses a density of 2.63 g cm−3, leading to a record high volumetric capacitance of 1485 F cm−3 at the current density of 0.1 A g−1. When the current density is increased to 20 A g−1, it remains a high volumetric capacitance of 1188 F cm−3. More importantly, when the single electrode mass loading is increased to 12 mg cm−2, it still delivers a high volumetric capacitance of 1415 F cm−3 at the current density of 0.1 A g−1, demonstrating the promise of this disassembly–reassembly approach to create high volumetric performance materials for energy storage applications.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jun 26, 2017
Source ID
10.1002/smll.201701026

Entities

People

  • Debin Kong
  • Hee Dong Jang
  • Hongyun Ma
  • Jiaxing Huang
  • Quan‐hong Yang
  • Wei Lv
  • Xiaoying Xie
  • Ying Tao
  • Yue Xu
  • Zhichang Xiao

Organizations

  • Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning
  • National Center for Nanoscience and Technology
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China
  • Northwestern University
  • Office of Naval Research
  • Tianjin University
  • Tsinghua University

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Nanocomposite Materials Science

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene