Citation: Li-Bin Zhang, Sheng-Rong Yang, Jin-Qing Wang, Ye Xu, Xiang-Zheng Kong. A facile preparation and electrochemical properties of nickel based compound-graphene sheet composites for supercapacitors[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2015, 26(5): 522-528. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2015.01.025 shu

A facile preparation and electrochemical properties of nickel based compound-graphene sheet composites for supercapacitors

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a State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China;
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b College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China;
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c Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China

Corresponding author: Sheng-Rong Yang, Xiang-Zheng Kong,
Received Date: 24 November 2014
Available Online: 19 January 2015
Fund Project: This study has been financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51075384). (No. 51075384)

Composites of a nickel based compound incorporated with graphene sheets (NiBC-GS) are prepared by a simple flocculation, using hydrazine hydrate as flocculant and reductant, from a homogeneous intermixture of nickel dichloride and graphene oxide dispersed in N,N-dimethylformamide. Morphology, microstructure and thermal stability of the obtained products were characterized by field-emission scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction and thermal gravimetric analysis. Furthermore, the electrochemical properties of NiBC-GS, as electrodematerials for supercapacitors, were studied by cyclic voltammetry and galvanostatic charge/discharge in 2 mol L^-1 KOH solution. It was determined that for NiBC-GS annealed at 250 8C, a high specific capacitance of 2394 F g^-1 was achieved at a current density of 1 A g^-1, with 78% of the value (i.e., 1864 F g^-1) retained after 5000 times of repeated galvanostatic charge/discharge cycling. The high specific capacitance and available charge/discharge stability indicate the synthesized NiBC-GS250 composite is a good candidate as a novel electrode material for supercapacitors.
- Nickel based compound,
- Graphene,
- Electrochemical performance,
- Supercapacitors
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