10.1007/s40097-021-00424-7

Facile synthesis of reduced graphene oxide aerogel in soft drink as supercapacitor electrode

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  • Yasin M. Y. Albarqouni1,
  • Soon Poh Lee1,
  • Gomaa A. M. Ali2,
  • Anita Sagadevan Ethiraj3,
  • H. Algarni4,
  • Kwok Feng Chong*1,
  1. Faculty of Industrial Sciences and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Gambang, Kuantan, 26300, MY
  2. Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Al‒Azhar University, Assiut, 71524, EG
  3. Department of Physics, VIT-AP University, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh, 522237, IN
  4. Research Centre for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, Abha, 61413, SA Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, 61413, SA

Published in Issue 15-07-2021

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Albarqouni, Y. M. Y., Lee, S. P., Ali, G. A. M., Ethiraj, A. S., Algarni, H., & Chong, K. F. (2021). Facile synthesis of reduced graphene oxide aerogel in soft drink as supercapacitor electrode. Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry, 12(3 (June 2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40097-021-00424-7
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Abstract

Abstract A facile approach is reported to produce reduced graphene oxide (rGO) aerogel. The proposed approach involves the reduction of GO by utilizing the reduction capability of carbonic acid in soft drinks. The presence of carbonic acid reduces the oxygen functionalities in GO to produce rGO and simultaneously provides carboxyl groups for hydrogen bonding in the three-dimensional self-assembly of aerogel. It is also proven that the as-synthesized rGO aerogel possesses a pseudocapacitive effect, owing to the presence of carboxyl groups. This facile reduction approach by an easily available source successfully produces rGO aerogel with 20-fold charge storage capacity enhancement (121 F/g at 0.4 A/g) as compared to the GO. It suggests this facile approach has great potential to construct lightweight graphene aerogel for energy storage applications.

Keywords

  • Green reduction,
  • Gelation,
  • Cola,
  • Functionalization,
  • Supercapacitor

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