Faradaic processes beyond Nernst’s law: density functional theory assisted modelling of partial electron delocalisation and pseudocapacitance in graphene oxides

The study of electron delocalisation in oxygen atom segregated zones in graphene, aided by the first-principles density functional theory, has revealed extra energy bands of ≥ 2 eV wide around the Fermi level, predicting faradaic charge storage occurring in a wide range of potentials, which disagree...

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Main Authors: Li, Junfu, O'Shea, James N., Hou, Xianghui, Chen, George Z.
Format: Article
Published: Royal Society of Chemistry 2017
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44986/
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Summary:The study of electron delocalisation in oxygen atom segregated zones in graphene, aided by the first-principles density functional theory, has revealed extra energy bands of ≥ 2 eV wide around the Fermi level, predicting faradaic charge storage occurring in a wide range of potentials, which disagrees with Nernst’s Law but accounts well for the so called pseudocapacitance of heteroatommodified graphene based electrode materials in supercapacitors.