Performance of supercapacitor device model based on double layer reduced graphene oxides films as electrodes in KCl electrolyte

Abstract

We report the performance of supercapacitor device model based on double layer reduced graphene oxide (rGO) films as electrode in 1 M KCl. Graphene oxide (GO) films were deposited on ITO-glass use an electrochemical deposition method using 1 mg/ml GO dispersed in water. The film’s thicknesses were controlled by number deposition cycles. rGO films were obtained by thermally reduced the GO films at 200°C for 1 hour under argon flowing. A pair of 1 cm2 rGO/ITO electrodes was employed as double layer electrodes of supercapacitor device model using a filter paper which was soaked in 1 M KCl as a separator. Performance of the supercapacitor model was investigated using cyclic voltammetry (CV) in a voltage range of 0.0 volts to +0.9 volts with varied scan rate range of 25mV/s to 125mV/s. The highest specific capacitance of 20 F/kg and specific power of 0.825 W/kg was obtained using device with rGO films that deposited for three voltage cycles.