Electrochemical behavior of CuO/rGO nanopellets for flexible supercapacitor, non-enzymatic glucose, and H2O2 sensing application

Abstract

In the present article, graphene oxide (GO) sheets and monoclinic copper oxide (CuO) nanocrystals are connected with each other and result in the formation of CuO/rGO nanopellets, and these nanopellets synthesized using coprecipitation method. The nanopellet structured CuO/rGO composite on carbon cloth, which act as current collector exhibits specific capacitance of 188 F g-1 at a current density of 0.2 A g-1 and up to 96.3% capacity retention after 2000 charge-discharge cycles. It shows a maximum energy density of 7.32 Wh kg- 1 and power density of 53 W kg- 1. The glucose sensing characteristics of CuO/rGO nanopellet is investigated on carbon cloth and ITO substrate. It shows glucose sensitivity of 0.805 mA mM-1 cm-2 and 0.2982 mA mM-1 cm-2 for a bundle like structured CuO/rGO composite on carbon cloth and ITO substrate, respectively. Further H2O2 sensing is studied on ITO substrate, which manifests H2O2 sensitivity of 84.39 mu A mM-1 cm-2. The results indicate that nanopellet structured CuO/rGO composite could be a promising electrode material for supercapacitor, glucose, and H2O2 sensor.