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Facile synthesis of graphene/polyaniline composite hydrogel for high-performance supercapacitor

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The graphene/polyaniline (PANI) composite hydrogel was successfully prepared by a one-step hydrothermal method. The morphology and structure of the sample were characterized by digital camera, scanning electron microscopy, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy spectra. By combining the advantages of high conductivity of graphene and high pseudocapacitance of PANI, the composite hydrogel was taken as supercapacitor electrode material. Cyclic voltammetry and galvanostatic charge/discharge experimental results show that the composite has excellent electrochemical performance. The specific capacitance value is 258.5 F g−1 at a scan rate of 2 mV s−1 and the specific capacitance value is up to 307 F g−1 at a current density of 0.2 A g−1. The specific capacitance value can still maintain 90 % of the initial value after repeating the galvanostatic charge–discharge for 1000 cycles at a current density of 1.0 A g−1 showing good cycle stability.

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Acknowledgments

We sincerely express our thanks to the ‘973’ (2012CB933301), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 20905038), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu (BK20141424), the Program of Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NY214088), the Open Research Fund of State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics (I2015010), Southeast University, the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD), and the Ministry of Education of China (IRT1148) and Jiangsu Province “Six Talent Peak” (2015-JY-015).

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    Juan Song & Xiaomiao Feng

  2. School of Science, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, 210023, China

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Chen, J., Song, J. & Feng, X. Facile synthesis of graphene/polyaniline composite hydrogel for high-performance supercapacitor. Polym. Bull. 74, 27–37 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-016-1695-2

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