@article{Li2016, 
author = {Le Li and Kai Wang and Zhaoqi Huang and Chao Zhang and Tianxi Liu},
title = {Highly ordered graphene architectures by duplicating melamine sponges as a three-dimensional deformation-tolerant electrode},
year = {2016},
journal = {Nano Research},
volume = {9},
number = {10},
pages = {2938-2949},
keywords = {graphene, layer-by-layer self-assembly, highly ordered architecture, conducting polymer, deformation-tolerant electrode},
url = {https://www.sciopen.com/article/10.1007/s12274-016-1179-6},
doi = {10.1007/s12274-016-1179-6},
abstract = {In this study, macroscopic graphene-wrapped melamine foams (MF-G) were fabricated by an MF-templated layer-by-layer (LBL) assembly using graphene oxide as building blocks, followed by solution-processed reduction. By concisely duplicating sponge-like, highly ordered three-dimensional architectures from MF, the resulting MF-G with an interconnected graphene-based scaffold and tunable nanostructure was explored as compressible, robust electrodes for efficient energy storage. A thin layer of pseudocapacitive polypyrrole (PPy) was then attached and uniformly coated on MF-G, resulting in a well-defined core–double-shell configuration of the MF-G-PPy ternary composite sponges. The as-assembled devices exhibited enhancement of supercapacitor performance, with a high specific capacitance of 427 F·g-1 under a compressive strain of 75% and an excellent cycling stability with only 18% degradation after 5, 000 charge–discharge cycles. Besides, the MF-G-PPy electrode maintained stable capacitance up to 100 compression–release cycles, with a compressive strain of 75%. These encouraging results thus provide a new route towards the low-cost, easily scalable fabrication of lightweight and deformation-tolerant electrodes.}
}