The effect of synthesis temperature on the structural and electrochemical properties of S and N doped rGO electrodes

Abstract

As the demand for alternative energy sources grows, new electrode materials for electrochemical supercapacitors are being developed. Heteroatom doped rGO sheets have attracted much attention in recent time. S and N doped rGO was prepared at various temperatures by a simple and low cost hydrothermal method in the present work. The successful formation of S and N doped rGO sheets is confirmed by structural characterization of prepared samples. The EDX and BET surface analysis shows the optimum doping of S and N and the highest surface area in SNrGO-140 sample, respectively. The electrochemical profile study shows that the SNrGO-140 has the maximum specific capacitance value of 332.5 F/g at a scan rate of 10 mV/s. The result observed suggested that S and N doped rGO prepared at 140 °C is the suitable electrode material to be used in high energy electrochemical supercapacitors.

Keywords:

• Ultracapacitor
• reduced graphene oxide
• electrode
• specific capacitance
• cyclic voltammetery etc

Acknowledgements

The authors wish to acknowledge DAE-IUC, Indore (MP) India for Raman Characterizations and Sophisticated Instrumentation Center (SIC), Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar (MP) India for the sample characterization.