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Ultrahigh specific capacitance of α-Fe2O3 nanorods-incorporated defect-free graphene nanolayers

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  • Haridas, Vijayasree
  • Sukhananazerin, A.
  • Pullithadathil, Biji
  • Narayanan, Binitha N.

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The development of hybrid materials with high pseudocapacitance and electrical double layer capacitance is an urge for the fabrication of efficient supercapacitor electrodes. Herein, a highly effective, easily performable, high-yielding, and economical method is demonstrated for the preparation of α-Fe2O3 nanorods incorporated defect-free graphene nanosheets that showed excellent supercapacitor performance. α-Fe2O3/graphene nanocomposite has been synthesized by an interlayer catalytic exfoliation of α-Fe2O3 intercalated graphite which showed high conductivity of 3.1 × 106 S/cm. α-Fe2O3/graphene nanocomposite modified carbon paste electrode exhibited ultrahigh specific capacitance values of 1135 mF/cm2 at a scan rate of 5 mV/s and 815 mF/cm2 at a current density of 0.5 mA/cm2. The fast ionic diffusion with no charge transfer resistance of the electrode material was revealed from the electrochemical impedance spectroscopic analysis. α-Fe2O3/graphene nanocomposite showed 100 folds of increase in the specific capacitance compared to α-Fe2O3 and graphene, suggesting their synergistic effect in the nanocomposite leading to a drastic increase in the specific capacitance. The composite displayed good cyclic stability of 79.9% retention of the initial capacitance after 1500 cycles and 54.9% after 10,000 repeated cycles.

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  • Haridas, Vijayasree & Sukhananazerin, A. & Pullithadathil, Biji & Narayanan, Binitha N., 2021. "Ultrahigh specific capacitance of α-Fe2O3 nanorods-incorporated defect-free graphene nanolayers," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 221(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:221:y:2021:i:c:s0360544220328504
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2020.119743
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    1. Wilberforce, Tabbi & Abdelkareem, Mohammad Ali & Elsaid, Khaled & Olabi, A.G. & Sayed, Enas Taha, 2022. "Role of carbon-based nanomaterials in improving the performance of microbial fuel cells," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 240(C).

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