Free-standing graphene paper for energy application: Progress and future scenarios. (September 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Karthick, R.; Chen, Fuming
• Is Part Of: Carbon. Volume 150(2019)
• Page Start: 292
• Page End: 310
• Publication Date: 2019-09
• Subjects: Carbon -- Periodicals; Carbone -- Périodiques; Koolstof; Toepassingen; Electronic journals; 546.681
• DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2019.05.017
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0008-6223

Abstract

Abstract: The development of renewable energy sources minimizes the burning of fossil fuels for clean and green environment. Electrochemical energy storage/conversion device pays a way towards sustainable development that concludes an emerging field in the trends of the research community. Prominently, the functional materials with suitable structure and property determine the performance and durability of the devices. In recent times, graphene with its tremendous properties play a major role in electrochemical energy device applications. Meanwhile, the graphene-based electrodes were fabricated by various coating techniques on existing electrodes that utilized for energy device fabrication. Apart from these, it is also fabricated in a paper like a form (self-supported or free-standing) with its remarkable high conductivity, flexibility, robustness and electrochemical behavior which have been nominated for fabrication of flexible energy devices. Paper-like electrodes become an emerging field to fabricate a light-weight and flexible electronic devices for future prospects. Thus, we have summarized a synthetic strategy of graphene paper and its properties that potentially focused on flexible device fabrication in both the energy storage and conversion system. Hence, this review boosts up the forthcoming researchers to enhance the device performance with interrelating free-standing graphene and other host material. Graphical abstract: Number of publications from 2009 to 2018 based on free-standing graphene-paper in energy device applications gathered from Web of Science database search engine.Image 10612