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The reduction of graphene oxide by elemental copper and its application in the fabrication of graphene supercapacitor

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In this work, graphene oxide (GO) was directly reduced by copper to reduced graphene oxide (RGO) and formed a highly uniform RGO film on copper foil or copper-modified titanium (Ti) substrate. The characterization of as-prepared RGO film by FTIR and XRD indicated that GO was partially reduced by copper while some oxygen-containing groups still remained. The conductivity of the RGO film was improved from 3.76 × 103 to 2.98 × 104 S/m after it was further electrochemically reduced due to the removal of additional oxygen groups. The graphene supercapacitor prepared with this method exhibited better performances in a neutral aqueous electrolyte compared with that reported for graphene electrodes prepared by other fabrication methods.

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The authors acknowledge financial support by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (nos. 21107090 and 21271152).

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Li, W., Yang, Y.J. The reduction of graphene oxide by elemental copper and its application in the fabrication of graphene supercapacitor. J Solid State Electrochem 18, 1621–1626 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-014-2391-5

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