Producing "symbiotic" Reduced Graphene Oxide/Mn3O4Nanocomposites Directly from Converting Graphite for High-Performance Supercapacitor Electrodes

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Abstract

Almost all existing methods for preparing reduced graphene oxide/Mn3O4 (RGO/Mn3O4) composites are based on the synthetized graphene or graphene oxides (GO), which make them complicated and high-cost processes. Here, we reported a new method, which is able to convert graphite directly to RGO/Mn3O4 composites. Thus, it is simpler, more economical, and productive. The structure of RGO/Mn3O4 inheriting intermediate product GO/MnO2 composites that are formed by the present method is a novel three-dimensional "multilayer steamed bread"nanostructure, which constitutes mutually beneficial "symbiosis". The nano-Mn3O4 supports the space between RGO layers and further to the combination of RGO to self-assemble into large-sized (>40 μm) nanocomposites. Meanwhile, the formed Mn3O4 particles were small (60 × 10 nm2) in diameter and distributed homogeneously without the use of any template and surfactant. Because the structure and nanosize of composite cause the excellent electrochemical properties, RGO/Mn3O4 electrodes deliver an enhanced specific capacitance of 438.7 F/g at 0.3 A/g and outstanding cyclic stability (77.5% of its initial capacitance is retained after 1000 cycles).

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Gu, Y., Wu, J., Wang, X., Liu, W., & Yan, S. (2020). Producing “symbiotic” Reduced Graphene Oxide/Mn3O4Nanocomposites Directly from Converting Graphite for High-Performance Supercapacitor Electrodes. ACS Omega, 5(30), 18975–18986. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c02243

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