Preparation method of asymmetric molybdenum disulfide/graphene micro supercapacitor
Technical Field
The invention relates to a preparation method of a molybdenum disulfide/graphene asymmetric miniature supercapacitor.
Background
With the arrival of the 5G era, electronic products are intelligent, fashionable, attractive, flexible, portable and wearable, and gradually become the latest development trend, and concept products including flexible OLED displays, folding screen mobile phones, electronic garments and the like gradually enter the consumer market. Although the new mobile phone screen launched in the market can be bent and folded, the energy storage device still adopts the traditional block lithium ion battery, and has large volume, heavy weight and inflexibility; for other concepts of wearable flexible electronic products, the lack of a high energy density flexible energy storage device remains a major bottleneck limiting their commercial applications. The super capacitor is an electrochemical energy storage device, and is known as a micro super capacitor with high power density, ultra-long cycle charge-discharge life (>100,000 times), use reliability and the like, so that the micro super capacitor is an ideal energy storage device of flexible wearable electronics. The existing preparation method of the miniature super capacitor has the problems of low electrode preparation precision, difficulty in realizing large-scale preparation and the like. Therefore, a method for manufacturing a flexible energy storage device with high precision and large scale is urgently needed.
Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the defects in the prior art, the invention provides the preparation method of the asymmetric miniature supercapacitor, which has the advantages of simple preparation process, environmental friendliness, no pollution, high electrode precision and excellent device performance.
The invention provides a preparation method of a molybdenum disulfide/graphene asymmetric miniature supercapacitor, which comprises the following steps:
(a) respectively dispersing the thin-layer folded molybdenum disulfide powder and the reduced graphene oxide in a mixed alcohol solvent, and performing ultrasonic treatment after stirring to respectively obtain molybdenum disulfide ink and graphene ink;
(b) respectively placing the molybdenum disulfide ink and the graphene ink in an ink box of an ink-jet printer, so as to respectively print a molybdenum disulfide micro electrode and a graphene micro electrode;
(c) and simultaneously placing the molybdenum disulfide microelectrode and the graphene microelectrode in neutral electrolyte to form the asymmetric molybdenum disulfide/graphene supercapacitor.
Specifically, in the step (a), the mixed alcohol is two selected from ethanol, isopropanol, n-butanol and tert-butanol.
Preferably, in the step (a), the mixed alcohol is isopropanol and n-butanol, and the volume ratio of the isopropanol to the n-butanol is 1: 18-22.
According to the invention, the mixed alcohol obtained by mixing isopropanol and n-butanol can realize the stable dispersion of the thin-layer folded molybdenum disulfide powder and the reduced graphene oxide in the molybdenum disulfide/graphene ink.
Specifically, in the step (a), the particle size of the thin-layer wrinkled molybdenum disulfide powder is 200-400 nanometers, and the particle size of the reduced graphene oxide is 500-1000 nanometers.
In the invention, the thin-layer folded molybdenum disulfide powder and the original graphene oxide are filtered and selected, so that the particle size range of particles is controlled.
Specifically, in the step (a), the stirring time is 10-60min, the ultrasonic time is 10-120min, and in the step (b), the distance between printing liquid drops is 30-120 microns, and the number of printing layers is 10-80.
Specifically, the preparation method of the thin-layer wrinkled molybdenum disulfide powder comprises the following steps:
(1) adding isopropanol into the molybdenum disulfide sheet layer aqueous dispersion to obtain mixed dispersion;
(2) placing the mixed dispersion liquid in a cell disruptor for ultrasonic treatment for 10-40min, and then placing the mixed dispersion liquid in a water bath for ultrasonic treatment for 20-120min to obtain a molybdenum disulfide sheet layer mixed dispersion liquid;
(3) and extruding the molybdenum disulfide lamellar mixed dispersion liquid in a stepping injection pump, applying a voltage of 5-20KV between a spray head and a collecting plate of the stepping injection pump, and electrically spraying the molybdenum disulfide lamellar mixed dispersion liquid on the surface of the collecting plate for deposition to obtain the thin-layer corrugated molybdenum disulfide powder.
Preferably, in the step (1), the molybdenum disulfide sheet layer is obtained by a liquid phase stripping method, the volume ratio of the molybdenum disulfide sheet layer aqueous dispersion to the isopropanol is 1:8-10, and in the step (3), the extrusion speed is 0.5 microliter-10 microliter/min.
Specifically, the inkjet printer is a Dimatix printer.
According to the invention, a Dimatix printer is adopted, so that high-precision printing of two different active material finger-type electrode structures of thin-layer folded molybdenum disulfide powder and reduced graphene oxide can be realized.
Specifically, the gap between the molybdenum disulfide microelectrode and the graphene microelectrode is 50-200 microns.
Specifically, the neutral electrolyte is one selected from lithium sulfate, sodium sulfate and magnesium sulfate.
Due to the application of the technical scheme, compared with the prior art, the invention has the following advantages: according to the invention, the self-made thin-layer folded molybdenum disulfide powder with high thin layer rate is adopted to prepare ink, and then the molybdenum disulfide micro electrode and the graphene micro electrode are prepared by adopting an ink-jet printing method, so that the molybdenum disulfide/graphene asymmetric micro supercapacitor device is prepared.
Drawings
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a process for preparing molybdenum disulfide powder with thin-layer wrinkles by electric spraying; the digital picture of the inset is a multi-stage injection optical microscope picture of the tip of the needle head of the stepping injection pump under the irradiation of infrared laser;
FIG. 2 is a comparison of molybdenum disulfide powder raw materials, layered molybdenum disulfide and lamellar wrinkled molybdenum disulfide powder of the same quality;
FIG. 3(a) is an electron micrograph of a thin wrinkled molybdenum disulfide powder deposited on the surface of a collecting plate during electrospray;
FIG. 3(b) is a partial enlarged view of FIG. 3 (a);
FIG. 4 is a comparison graph of X-ray photoelectron spectra of molybdenum disulfide powder raw material, layered molybdenum disulfide and lamellar wrinkled molybdenum disulfide powder;
FIG. 5 is a comparison graph of Raman spectra of the molybdenum disulfide powder raw material, layered molybdenum disulfide and lamellar wrinkled molybdenum disulfide powder;
FIG. 6 is a digital photograph of molybdenum disulfide ink prepared in example 1;
FIG. 7 is a digital photograph of an inkjet printed molybdenum disulfide/graphene asymmetric miniature supercapacitor of example 1;
FIG. 8 is an electron microscope image of an inkjet printed molybdenum disulfide/graphene asymmetric supercapacitor of example 1;
FIG. 9 is a cyclic voltammetry curve of the asymmetric molybdenum disulfide/graphene supercapacitor of example 1 at different scan rates;
fig. 10 is a comparison graph of cyclic voltammetry curves of three asymmetric molybdenum disulfide/graphene supercapacitors in series according to example 4 and a single asymmetric molybdenum disulfide/graphene supercapacitor according to example 1.
Detailed Description
The invention discloses a preparation method of a molybdenum disulfide/graphene asymmetric miniature supercapacitor, which comprises the following steps:
(a) respectively dispersing thin-layer folded molybdenum disulfide powder (the particle size of the thin-layer folded molybdenum disulfide powder is 200-400 nanometers) and reduced graphene oxide (the particle size of the reduced graphene oxide is 500-1000 nanometers) in a mixed alcohol solvent, stirring for 10-60min by using magnetic force, and then performing water bath ultrasound for 10-120min to respectively obtain molybdenum disulfide ink and graphene ink; the mixed alcohol is two selected from ethanol, isopropanol, n-butanol and tert-butanol. In the invention, the mixed alcohol is isopropanol and n-butanol, and the volume ratio of the isopropanol to the n-butanol is 1: 1-20.
(b) Respectively placing molybdenum disulfide ink and graphene ink in an ink box of an ink-jet printer (Dimatix printer), setting the distance between printing liquid drops to be 30-120 micrometers, and setting the number of printing layers to be 10-80 layers, so as to respectively print a molybdenum disulfide micro electrode and a graphene micro electrode; the gap between the molybdenum disulfide micro-electrode and the graphene micro-electrode is 50-200 microns.
(c) And simultaneously placing the molybdenum disulfide micro electrode and the graphene micro electrode in neutral electrolyte (one of lithium sulfate, sodium sulfate and magnesium sulfate) to form the asymmetric molybdenum disulfide/graphene micro supercapacitor.
The preparation method of the thin-layer folded molybdenum disulfide powder comprises the following steps:
(1) adding isopropanol (the volume ratio of the molybdenum disulfide sheet layer aqueous dispersion to the isopropanol is 1:8-10) into the molybdenum disulfide sheet layer (the molybdenum disulfide sheet layer is obtained by adopting a liquid phase stripping method) aqueous dispersion to obtain mixed dispersion;
(2) placing the mixed dispersion liquid in a cell disruptor for ultrasonic treatment for 10-40min, and then placing the mixed dispersion liquid in a water bath for ultrasonic treatment for 20-120min to obtain a molybdenum disulfide sheet layer mixed dispersion liquid;
(3) and (3) placing the molybdenum disulfide sheet layer mixed dispersion liquid into a stepping injection pump to be extruded (the extrusion speed is 0.5 microliter-10 microliter/min), applying a voltage of 5-20KV between a spray head and a collecting plate of the stepping injection pump, and electrically spraying the molybdenum disulfide sheet layer mixed dispersion liquid to the surface of the collecting plate to deposit to obtain the thin-layer fold molybdenum disulfide powder.
In the invention, the method for stripping the molybdenum disulfide sheet layer by adopting the liquid phase is as follows: 3g of molybdenum disulfide crystals are dispersed in 3mL1.6M n-butyllithium solution and are kept stand for 2 days under the protective atmosphere of argon gas to form the lithium intercalated molybdenum disulfide. The product was washed with hexane and then ultrasonically stripped for 60 min.
The following provides a detailed description of preferred embodiments of the invention.
Embodiment 1 provides a method for preparing a molybdenum disulfide/graphene asymmetric micro supercapacitor, including the steps of:
(a) respectively dispersing thin-layer corrugated molybdenum disulfide powder (the particle size of the thin-layer corrugated molybdenum disulfide powder is 200-400 nm) and reduced graphene oxide (the particle size of the reduced graphene oxide is 500-1000 nm) in a mixed alcohol solvent, stirring for 10min by magnetic force, and performing water bath ultrasound for 10min to respectively obtain molybdenum disulfide ink and graphene ink; the mixed alcohol is isopropanol and n-butanol, and the volume ratio of the isopropanol to the n-butanol is 1: 20.
(b) Respectively placing molybdenum disulfide ink and graphene ink in an ink box of a Dimatix printer, setting the distance between printing liquid drops to be 30 micrometers, and setting the number of printing layers to be 10, so as to respectively print a molybdenum disulfide micro electrode and a graphene micro electrode; the gap between the molybdenum disulfide microelectrode and the graphene microelectrode was 130 microns.
(c) And simultaneously placing the molybdenum disulfide micro electrode and the graphene micro electrode in neutral electrolyte magnesium sulfate to form the asymmetric molybdenum disulfide/graphene micro supercapacitor.
The preparation method of the molybdenum disulfide powder with the thin wrinkles comprises the following steps:
(1) adding isopropanol (the volume ratio of the molybdenum disulfide sheet layer aqueous dispersion to the isopropanol is 1:9) into the molybdenum disulfide sheet layer (the molybdenum disulfide sheet layer is obtained by adopting a liquid phase stripping method) aqueous dispersion to obtain mixed dispersion;
(2) placing the mixed dispersion liquid in a cell disruptor for ultrasonic treatment for 25min, and then placing the mixed dispersion liquid in a water bath for ultrasonic treatment for 70min to obtain a molybdenum disulfide sheet layer mixed dispersion liquid;
(3) and (3) placing the molybdenum disulfide sheet layer mixed dispersion liquid into a stepping injection pump to be extruded out (the extrusion speed is 0.5 microliter/min), applying a voltage of 5KV between a spray head and a collecting plate of the stepping injection pump, and spraying the molybdenum disulfide sheet layer mixed dispersion liquid to the surface of the collecting plate by using electricity to deposit, so as to obtain the thin-layer folded molybdenum disulfide powder.
Performing electrochemical performance test on the obtained molybdenum disulfide/graphene asymmetric micro supercapacitor, wherein the output voltage is 1.6V, and the energy density is 1 mu Wh/cm2Power density 104μW/cm2。
Embodiment 2 provides a method for preparing a molybdenum disulfide/graphene asymmetric micro supercapacitor, which is substantially the same as that in embodiment 1, except that: in the step (a), isopropanol and n-butanol are mixed in a volume ratio of 1:18, and the electrochemical performance test result is similar to that of example 1.
Embodiment 3 provides a method for preparing a molybdenum disulfide/graphene asymmetric micro supercapacitor, which is substantially the same as that in embodiment 1, except that: in the step (a), isopropanol and n-butanol are mixed in a volume ratio of 1:22, and the electrochemical performance test result is similar to that of example 1.
Embodiment 4 provides a method for preparing a molybdenum disulfide/graphene asymmetric micro supercapacitor, which is substantially the same as that in embodiment 1, except that: three molybdenum disulfide/graphene asymmetric micro supercapacitors as in example 1 were connected in series, outputting 5.2V.
Comparative example 1A supercapacitor prepared by reducing graphene oxide by a laser method, with an output voltage of 1.0V and an energy density of 0.02. mu. Wh/cm2Power density 10. mu.W/cm2。
Comparative example 2A supercapacitor made of graphene quantum dots with an output voltage of 1V and an energy density of 7. mu. Wh/cm2Power density 70 μ W/cm2。
Comparative example 3A supercapacitor made of graphene/carbon nanotube composite with an output voltage of 1V and an energy density of 0.1. mu. Wh/cm2Power density 7000. mu.W/cm2。
Comparative example 4A supercapacitor made of a carbon derivative with an output voltage of 1V and an energy density of 1. mu. Wh/cm2Power density 2000. mu.W/cm2。
Comparative example 5A supercapacitor made by ink jet printing Mxene with an output voltage of 0.5V and an energy density of 0.1. mu. Wh/cm2Power density 200. mu.W/cm2。
Comparative example 6A supercapacitor made with vertical array graphene, output voltage 1V, energy density 1 uWh/cm2Power density 200. mu.W/cm2。
Comparing the thin-layer folded molybdenum disulfide powder prepared in the embodiment 1 with a molybdenum disulfide powder raw material and layered molybdenum disulfide, pictures with the same quality of the three are shown in fig. 2, the volume of the thin-layer folded molybdenum disulfide powder with the same quality is 40 times that of the molybdenum disulfide powder raw material and the layered molybdenum disulfide with the same quality, the thin-layer rate is high, and the stacking of molybdenum disulfide sheets is effectively avoided; the comparison graph of the X-ray photoelectron spectra of the three is shown in FIG. 4, the thin-layer wrinkled molybdenum disulfide powder prepared by the electric spraying method still has a high content of 1T metal phase; the comparison graph of the raman spectra of the three is shown in fig. 5, and it can be proved that the lamellar folded molybdenum disulfide has a high content of 1T metal phase. The process and the equipment are simple and are suitable for industrial scale production; meanwhile, the method has no pollution to the environment.
Example 1 self-made molybdenum disulfide powder with high lamella ratio and wrinkles was used to prepare ink, as shown in fig. 6. And preparing a molybdenum disulfide micro electrode and a graphene micro electrode by adopting an ink-jet printing method, so as to prepare the asymmetric molybdenum disulfide/graphene micro supercapacitor device, as shown in fig. 7. The preparation process is simple, the electrodes printed by ink jet printing have high precision and excellent performance, are environment-friendly and green, have no pollution, the molybdenum disulfide/graphene asymmetric miniature supercapacitor device has good electrochemical performance, can realize a wider stable voltage window, and electrochemical data are superior to comparative examples 1-6 as shown in figure 9, have high precision and high electrochemical energy storage characteristics, and are suitable for industrial mass production.
The embodiments are only for illustrating the technical concept and features of the present invention, and the purpose of the embodiments is to enable those skilled in the art to understand the contents of the present invention and implement the present invention, and not to limit the protection scope of the present invention. All equivalent changes and modifications made according to the spirit of the present invention should be covered within the protection scope of the present invention.