Synthesis of a highly conductive and large surface area graphene oxide hydrogel and its use in a supercapacitor

In this report, we describe the structure of a robust and highly conductive 3D graphene oxide hydrogel. The reduced graphene oxide hydrogel or rGH is fabricated by a crosslinking reaction with ethylene diamine followed by a hydrazine reduction. The material showed a high electrical conductivity of 1351 S m−1 and a specific surface area of 745 m2 g−1 with 10.3 MPa break strength. When used as electrodes for a supercapacitor, it showed a high specific capacitance of 232 F g−1.

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