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dc.contributor.authorFoster, Christopher W.*
dc.contributor.authorDown, Michael P.*
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Yan*
dc.contributor.authorJi, Xiaobo*
dc.contributor.authorRowley-Neale, Samuel J.*
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Graham C.*
dc.contributor.authorKelly, Peter J.*
dc.contributor.authorBanks, Craig E.*
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-14T10:18:26Z
dc.date.available2018-12-14T10:18:26Z
dc.date.issued2017-03-03
dc.identifier.citationFoster, C. W., Down, M. P., Zhang, Y., Ji, X., Rowley-Neale, S. J., Smith, G. C., Kelly, P. J., & Banks, C. E. (2017). 3D printed graphene based energy storage devices. Scientific Reports, 7, 42233. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep42233en
dc.identifier.issn2045-2322
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/srep42233
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10034/621650
dc.descriptionThe final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep42233en
dc.description.abstract3D printing technology provides a unique platform for rapid prototyping of numerous applications due to its ability to produce low cost 3D printed platforms. Herein, a graphene-based polylactic acid filament (graphene/PLA) has been 3D printed to fabricate a range of 3D disc electrode (3DE) configurations using a conventional RepRap fused deposition moulding (FDM) 3D printer, which requires no further modification/ex-situ curing step. To provide proof-of-concept, these 3D printed electrode architectures are characterised both electrochemically and physicochemically and are advantageously applied as freestanding anodes within Li-ion batteries and as solid-state supercapacitors. These freestanding anodes neglect the requirement for a current collector, thus offering a simplistic and cheaper alternative to traditional Li-ion based setups. Additionally, the ability of these devices’ to electrochemically produce hydrogen via the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) as an alternative to currently utilised platinum based electrodes (with in electrolysers) is also performed. The 3DE demonstrates an unexpectedly high catalytic activity towards the HER (−0.46 V vs. SCE) upon the 1000th cycle, such potential is the closest observed to the desired value of platinum at (−0.25 V vs. SCE). We subsequently suggest that 3D printing of graphene-based conductive filaments allows for the simple fabrication of energy storage devices with bespoke and conceptual designs to be realised.
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherNature Researchen
dc.relation.urlhttps://www.nature.com/articles/srep42233en
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/en
dc.subjectgrapheneen
dc.subjectenergy storageen
dc.subjectelectrochemistryen
dc.subjectXPSen
dc.title3D printed graphene based energy storage devicesen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.identifier.eissn2045-2322
dc.contributor.departmentManchester Metropolitan University; University of Chester; Central South University Changshaen
dc.identifier.journalScientific Reports
or.grant.openaccessYesen
rioxxterms.funderunfundeden_US
rioxxterms.identifier.projectunfundeden_US
rioxxterms.versionAMen
rioxxterms.versionofrecordhttps://doi.org/10.1038/srep42233
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2018-12-14
rioxxterms.publicationdate2017-03-03
dc.dateAccepted2017-01-06
dc.date.deposited2018-12-14


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