articleEnergy & Environmental ScienceJan 1, 2011Closed access

What is the choice for supercapacitors: graphene or graphene oxide?

Beijing Chemical Industry Research Institute (China) · China University of Mining and Technology · +1 more institution

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Abstract

Graphene oxide, an intermediate during graphene synthesis by a modified Hummers's method, exhibits higher capacitance, up to 189 F g−1, than graphene due to an additional pseudo-capacitance effect of attached oxygen-containing functional groups on its basal planes. Taking its higher capacitance, lower cost and shorter processing time into consideration, graphene oxide may be a better choice than graphene as an electrode material for supercapacitors.

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