Abstract:
Reduced graphene oxide/ Mn
3O
4(rGO/ Mn
3O
4 ) nanocomposites were prepared from MnSO
4 and GO produced by a modified Hummers method. The GO was deoxygenated by heat treatment, and MnO
2 generated by hydrolysis of MnSO
4 was simul-taneously reduced to Mn
3O
4 . The Mn
3O
4 content in the composites could be tailored by the volume of supernatant in the pristine GO/ MnSO
4 suspension. The maximum specific capacitance of the rGO/ Mn
3O
4 composite is 284 F·g
-1 at 50 mA·g
-1 as an anode material in a saturated K
2SO
4 solution. This approach separates GO from the suspension without complicated procedures, and cheap MnSO
4 is used as a Mn
3O
4 source