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A reduced graphene oxide/Co3O4 composite for supercapacitor electrode
Abstract.
20 nm sized Co3O4 nanoparticles are in-situ grown on the chemically reduced graphene oxide (rGO) sheets
to form a rGO-Co3O4 composite during hydrothermal processing. The rGO-Co3O4 composite is employed
as the pseudocapacitor electrode in the 2 M KOH aqueous electrolyte solution. The rGOeCo3O4 composite
electrode exhibits a specific capacitance of 472 F g-1 at a scan rate of 2mV s1 in a two-electrode cell. 82.6% of capacitance is retained when the scan rate increases to 100mV s-1. The rGO-Co3O4 composite electrode
shows high rate capability and excellent long-term stability. It also exhibits high energy density at relatively high power density. The energy density reaches 39.0 Whkg-1 at a power density of 8.3 kW kg-1. The
super performance of the composite electrode is attributed to the synergistic effects of small size and good
redox activity of the Co3O4 particles combined with high electronic conductivity of the rGO sheets.
Keywords: Supercapacitor, Graphene, Co3O4, Composite, Energy storage
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