Methods for producing carbon material-graphene composite films

Abstract

Methods for producing a carbon material-graphene composite are described. A method can include obtaining a dispersion comprising a graphene oxide material and a carbon material dispersed in a liquid medium, evaporating the liquid medium to form a carbon material-graphene composite precursor, and annealing the composite precursor at a temperature of 800° C. to 1200° C. in the presence of an inert gas to form the carbon material-graphene composite. The graphene oxide material can be grafted graphene oxide. Flexible carbon material-graphene composites are also described. The composites can have a polyacrylonitrile (PAN)-based activated carbon attached to a graphene layer, have a surface area of 1500 m2/g to 2250 m2/g, and a bimodal porous structure of micropores and mesopores.

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