Development of Light-Scribing Process Using L-Ascorbic Acid for Graphene Micro-Supercapacitor

Abstract

The rapid development of smart technologies is accelerating the growing demand for microscale energy storage devices. This work reports a facile and practical approach to fabricating interdigitated graphene micro-patterns through the LSC process accompanied by the l-ascorbic acid (L-AA) and preheating treatment. Our work offered a higher degree of GO reduction than the conventional microfabrication. It significantly shortened the overall processing time to obtain the micro-patterns with improved electrical and electrochemical performances. The interdigitated MSC composed of 16 electrodes exhibited a high capacitance of 14.1 F/cm3, energy density of 1.78 mWh/cm3, and power density of 69.9 mW/cm3. Furthermore, the fabricated MSC device demonstrated excellent cycling stability of 88.2% after 10,000 GCD cycles and a high rate capability of 81.1% at a current density of 1.00 A/cm3. The fabrication process provides an effective means for producing high-performance MSCs for miniaturized electronic devices.

Keywords

• light-scribing
• graphene
• micro-supercapacitor
• micro-patterning
• l-ascorbic acid