title: Alternating current line-filter based on electrochemical capacitor utilizing template-patterned graphene.
abstract: Aluminum electrolytic capacitors (AECs) are widely used for alternating current (ac) line-filtering. However, their bulky size is becoming more and more incompatible with the rapid development of portable electronics. Here we report a scalable process to fabricate miniaturized graphene-based ac line-filters on flexible substrates at room temperature. In this work, graphene oxide (GO) is reduced by patterned metal interdigits at room temperature and used directly as the electrode material. The as-fabricated device shows a phase angle of -75.4° at 120 Hz with a specific capacitance of 316 µF/cm(2) and a RC time constant of 0.35 ms. In addition, it retains 97.2% of the initial capacitance after 10000 charge/discharge cycles. These outstanding performance characteristics of our device demonstrate its promising to replace the conventional AECs for ac line filtering.
authors.affiliation: 1] Department of Materials Science and Engineering, CAPT/HEDPS/LTCS, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China [2] School of Material Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0245, USA.
authors.forename: Zhenkun
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: School of Material Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0245, USA.
authors.forename: Liyi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: School of Material Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0245, USA.
authors.forename: Ziyin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: School of Material Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0245, USA.
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: School of Material Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0245, USA.
authors.forename: Zhuo
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: School of Material Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0245, USA.
authors.forename: Kyoung-Sik
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authors.lastname: Moon
authors.affiliation: School of Material Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0245, USA.
authors.forename: Ching-Ping
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, CAPT/HEDPS/LTCS, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
authors.forename: Shu-Lin
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Bai