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Facile large-scaled fabrication of graphene-like materials by ultrasonic assisted shear exfoliation method for enhanced performance on flexible supercapacitor applications

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In this work, we have developed a rapid and simple approach for fabrication of graphene-like materials. It consisted of shearing commercial graphite in aqueous solution with the assistance of ultrasonication. The results showed that the graphene-like materials were successfully fabricated with not only similar flake structure of graphene, but also improved conductivity. For the applications of flexible supercapacitors, the as-prepared graphene-like materials showed better specific capacitance than commercial graphite as the working electrode. In addition, the rate capability of the flexible supercapacitor device is 80% and the capacitance retention reaches 90% after 10,000 cycles. The high flexibility of the as-fabricated graphene-like materials gives rise to high flexibility of all-solid-state supercapacitors, and the specific capacitance was not affected by bending state. The as-fabricated supercapacitor further demonstrated that it can drive the resistive pressure sensor and the voltage was stable at a fixed value under different values of pressure.

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This research was funded by Tian** Natural Science Foundation (Grant no. 18JCZDJC99800), National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no. 51502203), Bei**g Natural Science Foundation (Grant no. 2184134), Major Projects of Science and Technology in Tian** (no. 18ZXJMTG00020), Tian** Young Overseas High-level Talent Plans (Grant no. 01001502) and Tian** Science and Technology Foundation (Grant no. 17ZXZNGX00090). Tian** Development Program for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

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  1. School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Advanced Materials and Printed Electronics Center, Tian** Key Laboratory of Film Electronic and Communication Devices, Tian** University of Technology, Tian**, 300384, China

    Liqiang **e, Hengfeng Li, Zhengchun Yang, **nhao Zhao, Zongsheng Cao, Jie He, Peng Pan, Jun Liu, Jun Wei & Dianyou Song

  2. School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Tian** University, Tian**, 300072, China

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  3. Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 71 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 638075, Singapore

    Jun Wei

  4. Materials Center, Bei**g Institute of Collaborative Innovation, Bei**g, 100081, China

    Wen Qi

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**e, L., Li, H., Yang, Z. et al. Facile large-scaled fabrication of graphene-like materials by ultrasonic assisted shear exfoliation method for enhanced performance on flexible supercapacitor applications. Appl Nanosci 10, 1131–1139 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13204-019-01189-w

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