Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Fabrication of flexible nanoporous nitrogen-doped graphene film for high-performance supercapacitors

  • Original Paper
  • Published:
Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Flexible nanoporous nitrogen-doped graphene film ( PNGF) prepared by facile hydrothermal ammonia reaction of nanoporous graphene oxide film (PGOF) is reported. The specific capacitance of the PNGF are 468 F g−1 at a scan rate of 2 mV s−1. The capacity retention after 10,000 charge/discharge cycles at a current density of 1 A g−1 is more than 81%. Two-electrode symmetric supercapacitor in a 6 M KOH aqueous electrolyte solution was fabricated, delivering a maximum power density of 5000 W kg−1 (at the energy density of 4.17 W h kg−1) and the maximum energy density of 6.43 W h kg−1 (at the power density of 150 W kg−1). The enhanced electrochemical performance can be attributed to nitrogen doped and the unique graphene film nanostructure. The expansion nanoporous structure of layer by layer plays the role of an “ion-buffering” reservoir, offering nano-channels for liquid electrolyte penetration by enlarging the specific surface area of PNGF efficiently. This flexible nanoporous gaphene film significantly suggests a broad range of application for fabricating high performance and novel energy storage devices.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
Fig. 6
Fig. 7
Fig. 8

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Wang G, Wang H, Lu X, Ling Y, Yu M, Zhai T, Tong Y, Li Y (2014) Solid‐state supercapacitor based on activated carbon cloths exhibits excellent rate capability. Adv Mater 26:2676–2682

  2. Zhang C, Yin H, Han M, Dai Z, Pang H, Zheng Y, Lan YQ, Bao J, Zhu J (2014) Two-dimensional tin selenide nanostructures for flexible all-solid-state supercapacitors. ACS Nano 8:3761–3770

  3. Qin K, Kang J, Li J, Shi C, Li Y, Qiao Z, Zhao N (2015) Free-standing porous carbon nanofiber/ultrathin graphite hybrid for flexible solid-state supercapacitors. ACS Nano 9:481–487

  4. Wang X, Lu X, Liu B, Chen D, Tong Y, Shen G (2014) Design consideration and recent progress. Adv Mater 26:4763–4782

  5. Kim BC, Hong JY, Wallace GG, Park HS (2015) Recent progress in flexible electrochemical capacitors: electrode materials, device configuration, and functions. Adv Energy Mater 5:1500959

  6. Stankovich S, Dikin DA, Dommett GHB, Kohlhaas KM, Zimney EJ, Stach EA, Piner RD, Nguyen ST, Ruoff RS (2006) Graphene-based composite materials. Nature 442:282–286

  7. Zhou X, Wan LJ, Guo YG (2013) Binding SnO2 nanocrystals in nitrogen-doped graphene sheets as anode materials for lithium-ion batteries. Adv Mater 25:2152–2157

  8. Shao Y, El-Kady MF, Wang LJ, Zhang Q, Li Y, Wang H, Mousavi MF, Kaner RB (2015) Graphene-based materials for flexible supercapacitors. Chem Soc Rev 44:3639–3665

  9. Huang X, Qi X, Boey F, Zhang H (2012)  Graphene-based composites. Chem Soc Rev 41:666–686

  10. Liao L, Peng H, Liu Z (2014) Chemistry makes graphene beyond graphene. J Am Chem Soc 136:12194–12200

  11. Cui C, Qian W, Yu Y, Kong C, Yu B, Xiang L, Wei F (2014) Highly electroconductive mesoporous graphene nanofibers and their capacitance performance at 4 V. J Am Chem Soc 136:2256–2259

  12. Huang J, Wang J, Wang C, Zhang H, Lu C, Wang J (2015) Hierarchical porous graphene carbon-based supercapacitors. Chem Mater 27:2107–2113

  13. Shi JL, Du WC, Yin YX, Guo YG, Wan LJ (2014) Hydrothermal reduction of three-dimensional graphene oxide for binder-free flexible supercapacitors. J Mater Chem A 2:10830–10834

  14. Yang X, Cheng C, Wang Y, Qiu L, Li D (2013) Liquid-mediated dense integration of graphene materials for compact capacitive energy storage. Science 341:534–537

  15. Yao HB, Ge J, Mao LB, Yan YX, Yu SH (2014)  25th Anniversary Article: artificial carbonate nanocrystals and layered structural nanocomposites inspired by nacre: synthesis, fabrication and applications. Adv Mater 26:163–188

  16. Liu J, Lv W, Wei W, Zhang C, Li Z, Li B, Kang F, Yang QH (2014) A three-dimensional graphene skeleton as a fast electron and ion transport network for electrochemical applications. J Mater Chem A 2:3031–3037

  17. Zhi J, Zhao W, Liu X, Chen A, Liu Z, Huang F (2014) Highly conductive ordered mesoporous carbon based electrodes decorated by 3D graphene and 1D silver nanowire for flexible supercapacitor. Adv Funct Mater 24:2013–2019

  18. Park SH, Kim HK, Yoon SB, Lee CW, Ahn D, Lee SI, Roh KC, Kim KB (2015) Spray-assisted deep-frying process for the in situ spherical assembly of graphene for energy-storage devices. Chem Mater 27:457–465

  19. Jiang ZJ, Jiang ZQ, Chen WH (2014) The role of holes in improving the performance of nitrogen-doped holey graphene as an active electrode material for supercapacitor and oxygen reduction reaction. J Power Sources 251:55–65

  20. Zhang LL, Zhao X, Stoller MD, Zhu Y, Ji H, Murali S, Wu Y, Perales S, Clevenger B, Ruoff RS (2012) Highly conductive and porous activated reduced graphene oxide films for high-power supercapacitors. Nano Lett 12:1806–1812

  21. Shao Y, Sui J, Yin G, Gao Y (2008) Nitrogen-doped carbon nanostructures and their composites as catalytic materials for proton exchange membrane fuel cell. Appl Catal B Environ 79:89–99

  22. Pham VD, Lagoute J, Mouhoub O, Joucken F, Repain V, Chacon C, Bellec A, Girard Y, Rousset S (2014) Electronic interaction between nitrogen-doped graphene and porphyrin molecules. ACS Nano 8:9403–9409

  23. Lee SU, Belosludov RV, Mizuseki H, Kawazoe Y (2009) Designing nanogadgetry for nanoelectronic devices with nitrogen-doped capped carbon nanotubes. Small 5:1769–1775

  24. Usachov D, Vilkov O, Gruneis A, Haberer D, Fedorov A, Adamchuk V, Preobrajenski A, Dudin P, Barinov A, Oehzelt M, Laubschat C, Vyalikh D (2011) Nitrogen-doped graphene: efficient growth, structure, and electronic properties. Nano Lett 11:5401–5407

  25. Fan W, Xia YY, Tjiu WW, Pallathadka PK, He CB, Liu TX (2013) Nitrogen-doped graphene hollow nanospheres as novel electrode materials for supercapacitor applications. J Power Sources 243:973–981

  26. Yang X, Zhu J, Qiu L, Li D (2011) Bioinspired effective prevention of restacking in multilayered graphene films: towards the next generation of high-performance supercapacitors. Adv Mater 23:2833–2838

  27. Du X, Zhou C, Liu HY, Mai YW, Wang G (2013) Facile chemical synthesis of nitrogen-doped graphene sheets and their electrochemical capacitance. J Power Sources 241:460–466

  28. Zhang Y, Fugane K, Mori T, Niu L, Ye J (2012) Wet chemical synthesis of nitrogen-doped graphene towards oxygen reduction electrocatalysts without high-temperature pyrolysis. J Mater Chem 22:6575–6580

  29. Hsiao MC, Liao SH, Yen MY, Liu PI, Pu NW, Wang CA, Ma CC (2010) Preparation of covalently functionalized graphene using residual oxygen-containing functional groups. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2:3092–3099

  30. Pimenta MA, Dresselhaus G, Dresselhaus MS, Cancado LG, Jorio A, Saito R (2007) Studying disorder in graphite-based systems by Raman spectroscopy. Phys Chem Chem Phys 9:1276–1291

  31. Qian W, Sun F, Xu Y, Qiu L, Liu C, Wang S, Yan F (2014) Human hair-derived carbon flakes for electrochemical supercapacitors. Energy Environ Sci 7:379–386

  32. Qian WJ, Zhu JY, Zhang Y, Wu X, Yan F (2015) Condiment‐derived 3D architecture porous carbon for electrochemical supercapacitors. Small 11:4959–4969

  33. Zhang X, Lai Y, Ge M, Zheng Y, Zhang KQ, Lin Z (2015) Fibrous and flexible supercapacitors comprising hierarchical nanostructures with carbon spheres and graphene oxide nanosheets. J Mater Chem A 3:12761–12768

  34. Xiao N, Lau D, Shi W, Zhu J, Dong X, Hng HH, Yan Q (2013) A simple process to prepare nitrogen-modified few-layer graphene for a supercapacitor electrode. Carbon 57:184–190

  35. Chen LF, Zhang XD, Liang HW, Kong M, Guan QF, Chen P, Wu ZY, Yu SH (2012) Synthesis of nitrogen-doped porous carbon nanofibers as an efficient electrode material for supercapacitors. ACS Nano 6:7092–7102

  36. Chen XY, Chen C, Zhang ZJ, Xie DH (2013) Nitrogen-doped porous carbon spheres derived from polyacrylamide. Ind Eng Chem Res 52:12025–12031

  37. Jiang B, Tian C, Wang L, Sun L, Chen C, Nong X, Qiao Y, Fu H (2012) Highly concentrated, stable nitrogen-doped graphene for supercapacitors: Simultaneous doping and reduction. Appl Surf Sci 258:3438–3443

  38. Chen XY, Chen C, Zhang ZJ, Xie DH, Deng X, Liu JW (2013) Nitrogen-doped porous carbon for supercapacitor with long-term electrochemical stability. J Power Sources 230:50–58

  39. Lai L, Wang L, Yang H, Sahoo NG, Tam QX, Liu J, Poh CK, Lim SH, Shen Z, Lin J (2012) Tuning graphene surface chemistry to prepare graphene/polypyrrole supercapacitors with improved performance. Nano Energy 1:723–731

  40. Miller JR, Outlaw RA, Holloway BC (2010) Graphene double-layer capacitor with ac line-filtering performance. Science 329:1637–1639

  41. Wei L, Sevilla M, Fuertes AB, Mokaya R, Yushin G (2011) Hydrothermal carbonization of abundant renewable natural organic chemicals for high‐performance supercapacitor electrodes. Adv Energy Mater 1:356–361

  42. Li D, Mueller MB, Gilje S, Kaner RB, Wallace GG (2008) Processable aqueous dispersions of graphene nanosheets. Nature Nanotech 3:101–105

  43. Li HL, Wang JX, Chu QX, Wang Z, Zhang FB, Wang SC (2009) Theoretical and experimental specific capacitance of polyaniline in sulfuric acid. J Power Sources 190:578–586

  44. Zhou Y, Xu HP, Lachman N, Ghaffarid M, Wu S, Liu Y, Ugure A, Gleasone KK, Wardle BL, Zhang QM (2014) Advanced asymmetric supercapacitor based on conducting polymer and aligned carbon nanotubes with controlled nanomorphology. Nano Energy 9:176–185

  45. Li Y, Li Z, Shen PK (2013) Simultaneous formation of ultrahigh surface area and three‐dimensional hierarchical porous graphene‐like networks for fast and highly stable supercapacitors. Adv Mater 25:2474–2480

  46. Zhang ZY, Xiao F, Qian LH, Xiao JW, Wang S, Liu YQ (2014) Facile synthesis of 3D MnO2–graphene and carbon nanotube–graphene composite networks for high‐performance, flexible, all‐solid‐state asymmetric supercapacitors. Adv Energy Mater 4:1400064

Download references

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (No. 2014CB239701), National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51372116, 51372115), Fundamental Research of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NJ20150050).

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Materials and Technology for Energy Conversion, College of Material Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, People’s Republic of China

    Shihong Yue, Hao Tong, Zhenzhen Gao, Wenlong Bai, Liang Lu, Jie Wang & Xiaogang Zhang

Authors
  1. Shihong Yue
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Hao Tong
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Zhenzhen Gao
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Wenlong Bai
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Liang Lu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Jie Wang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. Xiaogang Zhang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding authors

Correspondence to Hao Tong or Xiaogang Zhang.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Yue, S., Tong, H., Gao, Z. et al. Fabrication of flexible nanoporous nitrogen-doped graphene film for high-performance supercapacitors. J Solid State Electrochem 21, 1653–1663 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-017-3538-y

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-017-3538-y

Keywords

Search

Navigation