Abstract
Energy storage in flexible supercapacitor devices extensively depends on electrode design with good electrochemical as well as mechanical properties. Here, a cost-effective and scalable method is proposed for the synthesis of a reduced graphene oxide/ruthenium oxide (rGO/RuO2) composite thin film for flexible supercapacitor. The successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) method used to synthesize rGO/RuO2 composite electrode allowed the synthesis of amorphous RuO2 with optimized rGO composition. The morphological structure of rGO/RuO2 composite examined using a scanning electron microscope showed compact spherical microparticles coated on rGO sheets. The electrochemical measurements of rGO/RuO2 composite electrode revealed that the composite material achieved a specific capacitance of 1371 F g−1 at a scan rate of 5 mV s−1. Due to the combined impact of rGO and RuO2, a flexible solid-state asymmetric supercapacitor (FSS-ASC) of configuration rGO/RuO2/PVA-H2SO4/WO3 exhibited Cs of 114 F g−1 at 5 mV s−1 with 88% of capacitance retention after 5000 galvanostatic charge-discharge (GCD) cycles. The FSS-ASC provided a remarkable specific energy of 23 Wh kg−1 and a specific power of 613 W kg−1. The electrochemical features of rGO/RuO2 composite show a promising way to fabricate flexible supercapacitors.
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