Bimetallic junction mediated synthesis of multilayer graphene edges towards ultrahigh capacity for lithium ion batteries

Nanoscale
Sanghyun ChoSungho Park

Abstract

In this work, we report on a novel strategy to synthesize high-density graphene edges on a vertically-aligned nanorod array substrate based on multiple segmented Ni-Au units. The growth of graphene layers on Ni and Au was performed by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) leading to the effective generation of edge-rich multilayer graphene due to the distinct carbon solubility. The composite material was applied as an anode in a lithium ion battery (LIB) whose discharging capacity was found to closely depend on the total number of Ni-Au junctions within the vertical nanorods. Graphene deposited on the 19-junction composite Ni-(Au-Ni)9 exhibited an ultrahigh capacity of 86.3 μAh cm-2 at 50 μA cm-2 which was much higher than graphene deposited on 1-junction, 2-junction and pure Ni nanorods. This ultrahigh capacity was mainly ascribed to the generation of high-density graphene edges engineered by the bimetallic junction. The proposed strategy opens new appealing routes to synthesize high-density graphene edges using bimetallic junctions, which is promising for increasing the performance of LIBs and other electrochemical energy systems (supercapacitors, fuel cells, etc.).

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