A PREPARATION OF INORGANIC–ORGANIC HYBRID MATERIALS GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE EACH INGREDIENT WITH COMPLEMENTARY PROPERTIES IN A SINGLE MATERIAL. THESE MATERIALS CAN BE APPLIED IN MANY BRANCHES OF CHEMISTRY SCIENCE BECAUSE THEY ARE SIMPLE TO PROCESS AND AMENABLE TO DESIGN ON THE MOLECULAR SCALE [1].....

THE HYBRID OF GRAPHENE OXIDE (GO) AND MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCNT) USED AS SUPERCAPACITOR HAVE RECENTLY ATTRACTED TREMENDOUS INTEREST BECAUSE OF THEIR UNIQUE THERMAL, MECHANICAL, AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES [1]. ACCORDING TO THE PREVIOUS LITERATURES, THE FABRICATION OF GO/RGO-CNT HYBRID FOR SUPERCAPACITOR APPLICATIONS CAN BE PERFORMED VIA THE PHYSICAL COMBING OF CNTS, GO/RGO AND A POLYMER BINDER IN A SOLVENT AND THEN COATING OF THE RESULTING COMPOSITE ON A SUITABLE SUBSTRATE [2, 3]. BASED ON THIS PROCEDURE NOT ONLY THE THICKNESS AND AMOUNT OF THE HYBRID FILM DEPOSITED ON SUBSTRATE CAN NOT BE BETTER CONTROLLED BUT ALSO THE FILM DOES NOT HAVE GOOD MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND RESULTS THE DECREASE OF SPECIFIC CAPACITANCE, CYCLE LIFE AND CONDUCTIVITY OF THE ELECTRODE MIGHT BE EXPECTED. IN THE PRESENT WORK A NEW STRATEGY TO PRODUCE GO-MWCNT HYBRID WITHOUT ANY POLYMER BINDER FOR SUPERCAPACITOR APPLICATIONS HAS BEEN PRESENTED. THE HYBRID WAS PREPARED BY SIMPLE CO-ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTION OF FUNCTIONALIZED MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (FMWCNTS) AND GO ONTO THE PREVIOUSLY FORMED TIO2 NANOTUBES FABRICATED BY ANODIZING OF TITANIUM.

CURRENTLY, DEMANDS FOR RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES ARE INCREASING FOR APPLICATIONS IN MOBILE DEVICES, ELECTRIC-POWERED TRANSPORTATION, AND STATIONARY ENERGY STORAGE. METAL OXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES WITH HIGH SURFACE AREA ARE ATTRACTIVE LITHIUM ION BATTERY APPLICATIONS AND HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED INTENSIVELY IN RECENT YEARS. ...