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Wiley, Advanced Functional Materials, 6(26), p. 919-930, 2015

DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201504019

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Amorphous FeOOH Quantum Dots Assembled Mesoporous Film Anchored on Graphene Nanosheets with Superior Electrochemical Performance for Supercapacitors

Journal article published in 2015 by Jiaqi Liu, Mingbo Zheng ORCID, Xiaoqin Shi, Haibo Zeng, Hui Xia ORCID
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Abstract

Previous research on iron oxides/hydroxides has focused on the crystalline rather than the amorphous phase, despite that the latter could have superior electrochemical activity due to the disordered structure. In this work, a simple and scalable synthesis route is developed to prepare amorphous FeOOH quantum dots (QDs) and FeOOH QDs/graphene hybrid nanosheets. The hybrid nanosheets possess a unique heterostructure, comprising a continuous mesoporous FeOOH nanofilm tightly anchored on the graphene surface. The amorphous FeOOH/graphene hybrid nanosheets exhibit superior pseudocapacitive performance, which largely outperforms the crystalline iron oxides/hydroxides-based materials. In the voltage range between -0.8 and 0 V versus Ag/AgCl, the amorphous FeOOH/graphene composite electrode exhibits a large specific capacitance of about 365 F g-1, outstanding cycle performance (89.7% capacitance retention after 20 000 cycles), and excellent rate capability (189 F g-1 at a current density of 128 A g-1). When the lower cutoff voltage is extended to -1.0 and -1.25 V, the specific capacitance of the amorphous FeOOH/graphene composite electrode can be increased to 403 and 1243 F g-1, respectively, which, however, compromises the rate capability and cycle performance. This work brings new opportunities to design high-performance electrode materials for supercapacitors, especially for amorphous oxides/hydroxides-based materials.