Nanomaterials properties
are deeply dependent on several features,
being easily tuned according to its composition, shape, and dimensionality.
Graphene, a two-dimensional (2D) material has outstanding properties
that may be tailored by turning its shape to 3D conformations, similar
to crumpled paper ball-like structures. Thus, some drawbacks related
to graphene restacking could be avoided, besides enlightening a way
to explore the properties of graphene-based materials. Herein, we
synthesize crumpled graphene structures fully decorated by manganese
ferrite (MnFe2O4) nanoparticles in one single
step. The samples were produced using an aerosol-assisted capillary
compression process and the crumpled paper-ball-like shape of the
composites could be adjusted to incorporate increasing amounts of
manganese ferrite nanoparticles. We explored two different applications
for the obtained materials: as an electrochemical sensor for hydrogen
peroxide, and electrochemical supercapacitors. As a proof-of-concept,
we synthesized bare manganese ferrite and a composite of flat rGO:MnFe2O4, which assisted us to certify that the best
performance is related to the synergistic effect between components,
the ratio between them, and the proper shape of the composite.
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