Electrochemically reduced graphene oxide sheets for use in high performance supercapacitors

Abstract Graphene oxide (GO) was reduced by a rapid, effective and eco-friendly electrochemical method of repetitive cathodic cyclic potential cycling, without using any reducing reagents. The electrochemically reduced graphene oxide (ERGO) was characterized by UV–vis, EIS and zeta-potential measurements. Most of the oxygen functional groups in ERGO were successfully removed resulting in smaller charge transfer resistance. However, some electrochemically stable residuals still remained, enabling ERGO to facilitate electrolyte penetration and pseudocapacitance. Since ERGO was readily stabilized by cathodic potential cycling, it exhibited an outstanding stability in cycle life, nearly with no capacitive loss from the second cycle on. A specific capacitance of 223.6 F g −1 was achieved at 5 mV s −1 , which makes the ERGO a competitive material for electrochemical energy storage.

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