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Effect of different reduction methods on electrochemical cycling stability of reduced graphene oxide in supercapacitors

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The electrochemical cycling stability is one of the most important parameters for the practical application of supercapacitors and highly depends on the electrode material. Herein, we report the cycling stability of reduced graphene oxide with different morphologies such as curly and flat graphene nanosheets prepared by the chemical and thermal reduction of graphene oxide, respectively. The “curly” graphene nanosheets displayed moderate capacitance, good cycling stability, and satisfactory rate performance up to 2,500 cycles. In contrast, the “flat” graphene nanosheets displayed a very high initial capacitance, but poor cycling stability and rate performance. The pore structure of the “curly” graphene nanosheets was found to be more stable than that of the “flat” graphene nanosheets.

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The authors acknowledge the financial support from NSFC (Project No. 51202212, 21176119) and Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (Project No. E2014203033).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, 066004, Hebei, China

    Yueming Li, Shengming Yu & Dan Zhao

  2. Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 99 Haike Road, Shanghai, 201210, China

    Xue-Mei Li & Tao He

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Li, Y., Yu, S., Zhao, D. et al. Effect of different reduction methods on electrochemical cycling stability of reduced graphene oxide in supercapacitors. J Appl Electrochem 45, 57–65 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10800-014-0771-2

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