Abstract:
Thermally reduced graphene oxide (RGO)/MnO
2 composites were prepared by the thermal reduction of graphene oxide (GO)/MnO
2 composites. The structure, electrical conductivity and specific capacitance of the composites before and after thermal reduction were investigated by SEM, XRD, FT-IR,the four-pointprobe method and cyclic voltammetry. Results showed that the GO and RGO significantly decreased the agglomeration of MnO
2. The RGO/MnO
2 composites had higher specific capacitances than pure MnO
2 or GO/MnO
2 composites. A RGO/MnO
2 composite reduced at 600 ℃ had the highest specific capacitance of 321 F·g
-1 and good stability upon cycling. The presence of an optimum reduction temperature could be accounted for by the fact that the thermal reduction decreased the amount of oxygen-containing functional groups that contribute to pseudocapacitance in GO and increased its electrical conductivity which favors a capacitance increase.