Effect of Potassium Ions on the Formation of Mixed-Valence Manganese Oxide/Graphene Nanocomposites
Wooree Jang,
Dae-Young Jeon,
Youn-Sik Lee,
Hye Young Koo
Affiliations
Wooree Jang
Functional Composite Materials Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) Jeonbuk Institute of Advanced Composite Materials, 92 Chudong-ro, Bongdong-eup, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do 55324, Korea
Dae-Young Jeon
Functional Composite Materials Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) Jeonbuk Institute of Advanced Composite Materials, 92 Chudong-ro, Bongdong-eup, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do 55324, Korea
Youn-Sik Lee
School of Chemical Engineering, Chonbuk National University, Jeon-ju, Jeollabuk-do 54896, Korea
Hye Young Koo
Functional Composite Materials Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) Jeonbuk Institute of Advanced Composite Materials, 92 Chudong-ro, Bongdong-eup, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do 55324, Korea
One-pot synthesis of mixed-valence manganese oxide (MnOx)/potassium ion-doped reduced graphene oxide (rGO) composites for efficient electrochemical supercapacitors is introduced. Using manganese nitrate and potassium permanganate as co-precursors for the MnOx and by directly annealing the rGO without tedious purification steps, as described herein, MnOx/rGO composites with a high specific capacitance of 1955.6 F g−1 at a current density of 1 A g−1 are achieved. It is found that the presence of potassium ions helps in the development of mixed-valence MnOx on the surface of the rGO.
