Studies in the capacitance properties of diaminoalkane-intercalated graphene

A series of diaminoalkane-intercalated graphenes (DIGs) are successfully synthesized by intercalating graphite oxide with diaminoalkanes, followed by a reduction process using hydrazine as a reductant at room temperature. The as-prepared intercalated graphite oxides (DIGOs) and their reduced products are characterized using a variety of approaches such as X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy and elemental analysis. Electrochemical tests show that the specific capacitances of DIGOs and DIGs decrease with the increase of the interlayer distance, and that the DIGs possess larger capacitance than DIGOs after hydrazine reduction. The ion diffusion in the DIGOs/DIGs follows pseudo-second-order kinetics and is dominated mainly by their pore sizes.