Frontiers in Chemistry (Jun 2018)

Synthesis and Electrochemical Performance of Molybdenum Disulfide-Reduced Graphene Oxide-Polyaniline Ternary Composites for Supercapacitors

  • Li-Zhong Bai,
  • Yan-Hui Wang,
  • Shuai-Shuai Cheng,
  • Fang Li,
  • Zhi-Yi Zhang,
  • Ya-Qing Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2018.00218
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6

Abstract

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Molybdenum disulfide/reduced graphene oxide/polyaniline ternary composites (MoS2/rGO/PANI) were designed and synthesized by a facile two-step approach including hydrothermal and in situ polymerization process. The MoS2/rGO/PANI composites presented an interconnected 3D network architecture, in which PANI uniformly coated the outer surface of the MoS2/rGO binary composite. The MoS2/rGO/PANI composites with a weight percent of 80% (MGP-80) exhibits the best specific capacitance (570 F g−1 at 1 A g−1) and cycling stabilities (78.6% retained capacitance after 500 cycles at 1 A g−1). The excellent electrochemical capacitive performance is attributed to its 3D network structure and the synergistic effects among the three components that make the composites obtain both pseudocapacitance and double-layer capacitance.

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