There
is an ongoing effort to improve the energy storage capacity
of graphene-based supercapacitors. These supercapacitors store energy
in the electric field between the charge carriers in the graphene
and the counter ions in a liquid electrolyte. To characterize this
double layer, we use the Hall effect to determine the charge carrier
density in graphene as a function of voltage. We disentangle the separate
roles of double-layer capacitance (the electrostatic contribution)
and quantum capacitance and compare the performance of different electrolytes.
Our results highlight the advantages of Hall effect measurements for
probing the electrostatics of graphene–electrolyte interfaces.
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