Electric Double‐Layer Capacitors Based on Highly Graphitized Nanoporous Carbons Derived from ZIF‐67 |
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| Authors: | Nagy L. Torad Rahul R. Salunkhe Yunqi Li Hicham Hamoudi Masataka Imura Prof. Dr. Yoshio Sakka Prof. Dr. Chi‐Chang Hu Prof. Dr. Yusuke Yamauchi |
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| Affiliation: | 1. World Premier International (WPI) Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1‐1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305‐0044 (Japan) http://www.yamauchi‐labo.com;2. Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3‐4‐1 Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169‐8555 (Japan);3. Materials Processing Unit, Advanced Key Technologies Division, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1‐2‐1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305‐0047 (Japan);4. Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, 101, Section 2, Kuang‐Fu Road, Hsin‐Chu 30013 (Taiwan) |
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| Abstract: | Nanoporous carbons (NPCs) have large specific surface areas, good electrical and thermal conductivity, and both chemical and mechanical stability, which facilitate their use in energy storage device applications. In the present study, highly graphitized NPCs are synthesized by one‐step direct carbonization of cobalt‐containing zeolitic imidazolate framework‐67 (ZIF‐67). After chemical etching, the deposited Co content can be completely removed to prepare pure NPCs with high specific surface area, large pore volume, and intrinsic electrical conductivity (high content of sp2‐bonded carbons). A detailed electrochemical study is performed using cyclic voltammetry and galvanostatic charge–discharge measurements. Our NPC is very promising for efficient electrodes for high‐performance supercapacitor applications. A maximum specific capacitance of 238 F g?1 is observed at a scan rate of 20 mV s?1. This value is very high compared to previous works on carbon‐based electric double layer capacitors. |
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| Keywords: | electric double layer capacitors graphitic structure mesoporous materials metal– organic frameworks nanoporous carbon porous materials |
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