Plasma-induced, nitrogen-doped graphene-based aerogels for high-performance supercapacitors

Xue-Yu Zhang; Shi-Han Sun; Xiao-Juan Sun; Yan-Rong Zhao; Li Chen; Yue Yang; Wei Lü; Da-Bing Li

doi:10.1038/lsa.2016.130

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Plasma-induced, nitrogen-doped graphene-based aerogels for high-performance supercapacitors

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- Plasma-induced, nitrogen-doped graphene-based aerogels for high-performance supercapacitors
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 5, Issue 4, (2016)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Key Laboratory of Advanced Structural Materials, Ministry of Education & Advanced Institute of Materials Science, Changchun University of Technology, Changchun 130012, China
  2.State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
  3.School of Basic Sciences & Advanced Institute of Materials Science, Changchun University of Technology, Changchun 130012, China
- Author bio：
  
  W Lü, Email: lw771119@hotmail.com
  DB Li, Email: lidb@ciomp.ac.cn
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- DOI：10.1038/lsa.2016.130
  CLC：
- Published：2016-12，
  
  Published Online：08 March 2016，
  
  Received：26 January 2016，
  
  Revised：06 March 2016，
  
  Accepted：07 March 2016
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Zhang, X. Y. et al. Plasma-induced, nitrogen-doped graphene-based aerogels for high-performance supercapacitors. Light: Science & Applications, 5, e16130 (2016).
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Zhang, X. Y. et al. Plasma-induced, nitrogen-doped graphene-based aerogels for high-performance supercapacitors. Light: Science & Applications, 5, e16130 (2016). DOI： 10.1038/lsa.2016.130.

摘要

Abstract

Commonly used energy storage devices include stacked layers of active materials on two-dimensional sheets

and the limited specific surface area restricts the further development of energy storage. Three-dimensional (3D) structures with high specific surface areas would improve device performance. Herein

we present a novel procedure to fabricate macroscopic

high-quality

nitrogen-doped

3D graphene/nanoparticle aerogels. The procedure includes vacuum filtration

freeze-drying

and plasma treatment

which can be further expanded for large-scale production of nitrogen-doped

graphene-based aerogels. The behavior of the supercapacitor is investigated using a typical nitrogen-doped graphene/Fe

nanoparticle 3D structure (NG/Fe

). Compared with 3D graphene/Fe

structures prepared by the trad

itional hydrothermal method

the NG/Fe

supercapacitor prepared by the present method has a 153% improvement in specific capacitance

and there is no obvious decrease in specific capacitance after 1000 cycles. The present work provides a new and facile method to produce large-scale

graphene-based materials with high specific capacitance for energy storage.

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Keywords

energy storageN-dopingplasmathree-dimension

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