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Maher F. El-Kady et al.
Science 335, 1326 (2012);
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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and California Fig. 1. Schematic illustration of the fabrication of laser-scribed graphene-based electrochemical ca-
NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles
pacitors. (A to D) A GO film supported on a flexible substrate is placed on top of a LightScribe-enabled
(UCLA), Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. 2Department of Chem-
istry, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt. DVD media disc, and a computer image is then laser-irradiated on the GO film in a computerized
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Department of Materials Science and Engineering, UCLA, Los LightScribe DVD drive. (E) As shown in the photograph, the GO film changes from golden brown color to
Angeles, CA 90095, USA. black as it reduced to laser-scribed graphene. The low-power infrared laser changes the stacked GO sheets
*To whom correspondence should be sent. E-mail: kaner@ immediately into well-exfoliated few-layered LSG film, as shown in the cross-sectional SEM images. (F) A
chem.ucla.edu symmetric EC is constructed from two identical LSG electrodes, ion-porous separator, and electrolyte.
Fig. 2. Evaluation of the performance of an LSG electrochemical capacitor in As can be seen, an LSG-EC can sustain ultrahigh current density operation,
aqueous 1.0 M H3PO4 solution. (A) Cyclic voltammetry of LSG- and GO-ECs at indicating the potential for ultrahigh-power delivery. (D) The LSG-EC shows
a scan rate of 1000 mV/s. A rectangular CV shape is observed for the LSG-EC, excellent cyclic stability and retains >96.5% of its initial response after
indicating an efficient double-layer formation. (B) Galvanostatic charge/ 10,000 cycles. (E) Complex plane plot of the impedance of a LSG-EC, with a
discharge (CC) curves of an LSG-EC measured at a high current density of magnification for the high-frequency region in the inset. (F) Impedance phase
10 A/gLSG/electrode. (C) The volumetric stack capacitance of an LSG-EC is cal- angle versus frequency for a LSG-EC and a commercial activated carbon EC.
culated from the CC curves at different charge/discharge current densities. Data The –45° phase angle occurs at ~30 Hz for the LSG-EC and at ~0.1 Hz with the
obtained from a commercial activated carbon EC are shown for comparison. commercial EC.
Fig. 3. Design and fabrication of a flexible, all-solid-state LSG electro- has almost no effect on its performance, as seen in these CVs collected at a
chemical capacitor. (A) A schematic diagram of the all-solid-state LSG-EC il- scan rate of 1000 mV/s. Galvanostatic charge/discharge curves for four tandem
lustrates that the gelled electrolyte can serve as both the electrolyte and ECs connected (E) in series, and (F) in a combination of series and parallel. A
separator. (Inset) A digital photograph showing the flexibility of the device. (B) single device is shown for comparison. Both the tandem devices and the single
A comparison between performances of LSG-EC using gelled versus aqueous device were operated at the same constant current charge/discharge. The serial
electrolytes. Both devices show similar capacitance values at all the tested connection extends the output voltage to 4 V (versus 1 V for a single device),
charge/discharge current densities. (C) A shelf-life test shows excellent stability whereas the output voltage and current can both be doubled with the serial-
for over 4 months without any obvious degradation. (D) Bending the device parallel connection. (Insets) The glow of an LED when powered by tandem LSG-ECs.
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Laboratory for Solid State Physics, ETH Zürich, Schafmattstrasse
16, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland. 2L-NESS, Department of Phys-
peratures, where electron mobilities have reached crystalline layer of one material on a second ics, Politecnico di Milano, via Anzani 42, I-22100 Como, Italy.
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values above 30 million cm2/V·s (1). The discov- crystal differing in lattice parameter can persist L-NESS, Department of Materials Science, Università di Milano-
ery of fundamental phenomena such as the frac- only up to a certain critical thickness (4, 5). Be- Bicocca, via Cozzi 53, I-20126 Milano, Italy. 4Electron Micros-
copy Center, ETH Zürich, Schaffmattstrasse 16, CH-8093
tional quantum Hall effect (2) can be traced to the yond that thickness, segments of misfit disloca- Zürich, Switzerland. 5Centre Suisse d’Electronique et Micro-
perfection of epitaxial heterostructures. Although tions form at the interface, gradually relieving technique, Jaquet-Droz 1, CH-2002 Neuchatel, Switzerland.
progress has been faster for lattice-matched sys- the misfit strain as growth proceeds. Misfit dis- *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
tems, the additional degree of freedom for band location segments are always accompanied by cfalub@phys.ethz.ch