International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol.40, No.46, 16306-16315, 2015
Flexible carbon nanotubes-MnO2/reduced graphene oxide-polyvinylidene fluoride films for supercapacitor electrodes
Reduced graphene oxide (rGO) added into polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) films have been used as substrates for successive electrodeposition of MnO2 and carbon nanotube (CNT) layers, forming flexible CNTs-MnO2/rGO-PVDF hybrid films that are suitable for use as supercapacitor electrodes. The hybrid films maintained the high conductivity of rGO nanosheets, high surface-to-volume ratio of CNTs, and large pseudo-capacitance of MnO2 nanosheets, and demonstrated their potential in all-solid-flexible supercapacitors by significantly improving the capacitive behavior of the supercapacitor when assembled into supercapacitor devices. Asymmetric supercapacitors comprised of the CNTs-MnO2/graphene-PVDF hybrid film electrode, Pt sheet electrode, and a 6 M NaOH electrolyte exhibited a working voltage as high as 1.8 V and a high energy density of 49.1 W h kg(-1) at a power density of 4.83 kW kg(-1). Moreover, the supercapacitors exhibited a specific capacitance of 276.3 F g(-1) at a discharge current density of 0.08 A g(-1). Copyright (C) 2015, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.