TY - JOUR
T1 - Aloe vera (L.) Burm.f. extract reduced graphene oxide for supercapacitor application
AU - Ramanathan, Subramanian
AU - Elanthamilan, Elaiyappillai
AU - Obadiah, Asir
AU - Durairaj, Arulappan
AU - Merlin, Johnson Princy
AU - Ramasundaram, Subramanian
AU - Vasanthkumar, Samuel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
PY - 2017/11/1
Y1 - 2017/11/1
N2 - An eco-friendly and effective reducing agent to convert Graphene Oxide (GO) to reduced Graphene Oxide (rGO) is reported. The oxygen scavenging property of Aloe vera (L.) Burm.f. (AV) extract is successfully utilized to remove oxygen functionalities on GO. The synthesized reduced Graphene oxide (ARGO) is analyzed using UV–Visible spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy and FT-IR analysis. Complete GO reduction is achieved within 3 h with 30 mM AV extract and is confirmed by the XRD results. The high resolution transmission electron microscopy images provide clear evidence for the formation of single layer of graphene (rGO). The mechanism of reduction of GO by the AV extract is proposed. The rGO shows good charge storage properties with stable cycling up to 1000 cycles, demonstrated by the electrochemical method. The findings suggest that the Aloe vera (L.) Burm.f. (AV) extract reduced graphene oxide was found to be suitable for supercapacitor applications.
AB - An eco-friendly and effective reducing agent to convert Graphene Oxide (GO) to reduced Graphene Oxide (rGO) is reported. The oxygen scavenging property of Aloe vera (L.) Burm.f. (AV) extract is successfully utilized to remove oxygen functionalities on GO. The synthesized reduced Graphene oxide (ARGO) is analyzed using UV–Visible spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy and FT-IR analysis. Complete GO reduction is achieved within 3 h with 30 mM AV extract and is confirmed by the XRD results. The high resolution transmission electron microscopy images provide clear evidence for the formation of single layer of graphene (rGO). The mechanism of reduction of GO by the AV extract is proposed. The rGO shows good charge storage properties with stable cycling up to 1000 cycles, demonstrated by the electrochemical method. The findings suggest that the Aloe vera (L.) Burm.f. (AV) extract reduced graphene oxide was found to be suitable for supercapacitor applications.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85025655658
U2 - 10.1007/s10854-017-7576-0
DO - 10.1007/s10854-017-7576-0
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AN - SCOPUS:85025655658
SN - 0957-4522
VL - 28
SP - 16648
EP - 16657
JO - Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics
JF - Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics
IS - 22
ER -