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Activated carbon/graphene composites with high-rate performance as electrode materials for electrochemical capacitors

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Glucose-derived activated carbon (GAC)/reduced graphene oxide (RGO) composites are prepared by pre-carbonization of the precursors (aqueous mixture of glucose and graphene oxide) and KOH activation of the pyrolysis products. The effect of the mass ratio of graphene oxide (GO) in the precursor on the electrochemical performance of GAC/RGO composites as electrode materials for electrochemical capacitors is investigated. It is found that the thermally reduced graphene oxide sheets serves as a wrinkled carrier to support the activated carbon particles after activation. The pore size distribution and surface area are depended on the mass ratio of GO. Besides, the rate capability of GAC is improved by the introduction of GO in the precursor. The highest specific capacitance of 334 F g−1 is achieved for the GAC/RGO composite prepared from the precursor with a GO mass ratio of 3 %.

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This work was financially supported by the National Science Foundation of China (51177156/E0712 and 21276045).

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  1. Laboratory of Supercapacitors, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, 116023, China

    Lei Jiang, Jingwang Yan, Lixing Hao, Rong Xue, Liang Jiang & Baolian Yi

  2. Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, 116023, China

    Jingwang Yan, Lixing Hao, Rong Xue, Liang Jiang & Baolian Yi

  3. Carbon Research Laboratory, Liaoning Key Lab for Energy Materials and Chemical Engineering, State Key Lab of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China

    Lei Jiang & Ying Zhou

  4. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Liang Jiang

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Jiang, L., Yan, J., Zhou, Y. et al. Activated carbon/graphene composites with high-rate performance as electrode materials for electrochemical capacitors. J Solid State Electrochem 17, 2949–2958 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-013-2217-x

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