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Nanoscale Res Lett. 2015 Apr 21;10:192. doi: 10.1186/s11671-015-0894-3. eCollection 2015.

Fabrication of high-quality graphene oxide nanoscrolls and application in supercapacitor.

Nanoscale research letters

Tianju Fan, Wenjin Zeng, Qiaoli Niu, Songzhao Tong, Kaiyu Cai, Yidong Liu, Wei Huang, Yong Min, Arthur J Epstein

Affiliations

  1. Institute of Advanced Materials, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210046 China.
  2. State Key Laboratory of Organic Electronics and Information Displays and Fountain Global Photoelectric Technology Co., Ltd. 2 Xinyue Road, Yancheng, Jiangsu 224000 China.
  3. Institute of Advanced Materials, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210046 China ; State Key Laboratory of Organic Electronics and Information Displays and Fountain Global Photoelectric Technology Co., Ltd. 2 Xinyue Road, Yancheng, Jiangsu 224000 China.
  4. Institute of Advanced Materials, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210046 China ; Department of Physics and Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210 USA.
  5. Department of Physics and Chemistry & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210 USA.

PMID: 25977663 PMCID: PMC4420763 DOI: 10.1186/s11671-015-0894-3

Abstract

We reported a simple and effective way of fabricating one-dimensional (1D) graphene oxide nanoscrolls (GONS) from graphene oxide (GO) sheets through shock cooling by liquid nitrogen. The corresponding mechanism of rolling was proposed. One possibility is the formation of ice crystals during the shock cooling process in liquid nitrogen to be the driving force. The other might be due to the uneven stress of the sheets inside or outside ice during the lyophilization. After reducing, graphene nanoscrolls (GNS) exhibited good structural stability, high specific surface area, and high specific capacitance. The capacitance properties were investigated by cyclic voltammetry, galvanostatic charge-discharge, and electrical impedance spectroscopy. A specific capacity of 156 F/g for the GNS at the current density of 1.0 A/g was obtained comparing with the specific capacity of 108 F/g for graphene sheets. Those results indicated that GNS-based rolling structure could be a kind of promising electrode material for supercapacitors and batteries.

Keywords: 62.23.Hj (Nanowires); 72.80.Vp (Graphene electronic transport); 81.07.De (Nanotubes); 81.16.Be (Chemical synthesis methods)

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