超高比表面积氮掺杂多孔碳材料的制备及其超级电容性能

以蔗糖为碳源、尿素为氮源、草酸钾为活化剂,通过简单的研磨和高温碳化制备了具有超高比表面积(大于3 000 m²·g^-1)的氮掺杂多孔碳材料。采用多种手段对多孔碳材料的微观形貌、比表面积、孔结构和表面氮物种进行了表征,探究了不同温度下草酸钾和尿素对碳材料的比表面积、氮含量和超级电容性能的影响。结果表明,仅使用草酸钾作为活化剂制备的碳材料KC-800的比表面积为1 114 m²·g^-1,而同时使用草酸钾和尿素制备的样品KNC-800的比表面积高达3 033 m²·g^-1。在以6.0mol·L^-1 KOH为电解液的三电极体系中,当电流密度为0.5 A·g^-1时,KNC-800的比电容为405 F·g^-1,而KC-800的比电容仅为248 F·g^-1。这表明草酸钾和尿素的加入显著提高了多孔碳材料的比表面积和超级电容性能。电容贡献分析表明,KNC-800的双电层电容值和赝电容值均...     

超高比表面积氮掺杂多孔碳材料的制备及其超级电容性能

以蔗糖为碳源,尿素为氮源,草酸钾为活化剂,通过简单的研磨和高温碳化制备了具有超高比表面积(大于3 000 m²·g^-1)的氮掺杂多孔碳材料。采用多种手段对多孔碳材料的微观形貌、比表面积、孔结构和表面氮物种进行了表征,探究了不同温度下草酸钾和尿素对碳材料的比表面积、氮含量和超级电容性能的影响。结果表明,仅使用草酸钾作为活化剂制备的碳材料KC-800 的比表面积为 1 114 m2·g^-1,而同时使用草酸钾和尿素制备的样品 KNC-800 的比表面积高达 3 033 m²·g^-1。在以 6.0mol·L^-1 KOH 为电解液的三电极体系中,当电流密度为 0.5 A·g^-1时,KNC-800 的比电容为 405 F·g^-1,而 KC-800 的比电容仅为248 F·g^-1。这表明草酸钾和尿素的加入显著提高了多孔碳材料的比表面积和超级电容性能。电容贡献分析表明,KNC-800的双电层电容值和赝电容值均高于KC-800。KNC-800在电流密度为0.5 A·g^-1时经过10 000次循环后仍能保持98.3%的初始比电容,表现出优异的循环性能。     

低成本硫掺杂多孔碳材料的制备及其超级电容性能

以廉价的胶态二氧化硅为模板,蔗糖为碳源,硫酸为预碳化试剂和硫源,通过硬模板法制备了相对廉价的硫掺杂多孔碳(SSC-T,T℃代表碳化温度)材料。采用多种表征方法对多孔碳材料的微观形貌、孔道结构、比表面积和表面硫物种进行了表征,探究了硫酸和碳化温度对多孔碳材料的微观形貌、孔道结构和比表面积的影响。结果表明,碳化温度对碳的孔结构、比表面积和硫元素的含量有显著的影响,其中900℃碳化得到的样品SSC-900具有最大的比表面积、孔体积和比电容,远高于未加入硫酸制备的碳材料SC-900,表明硫酸的加入可以提高碳材料的比表面积、孔体积,进而提高碳材料的比电容。与昂贵的有序介孔碳CMK-3相比,SSC-900具有成本更低、孔径更大和电容性能更好的优点。在以6.0 mol·L^-1 KOH为电解质的三电极体系中,在0.5 A·g^-1的电流密度下,SSC-900的比电容可以达到357 F·g^-1,而SC-900和CMK-3的比电容分别仅为152和266 F·g^-1。电容贡献分析表明,SSC-900的双层电容值和赝电容值均高于SC-900。此外,SSC-900在0.5 A·g^-1的电流密度下循环10 000次后仍能保持98.4%的初始比电容。     

低成本硫掺杂多孔碳材料的制备及其超级电容性能

以廉价的胶态二氧化硅为模板,蔗糖为碳源,硫酸为预碳化试剂和硫源,通过硬模板法制备了相对廉价的硫掺杂多孔碳(SSC-T,T℃代表碳化温度)材料。采用多种表征方法对多孔碳材料的微观形貌、孔道结构、比表面积和表面硫物种进行了表征,探究了硫酸和碳化温度对多孔碳材料的微观形貌、孔道结构和比表面积的影响。结果表明,碳化温度对碳的孔结构、比表面积和硫元素的含量有显著的影响,其中900℃碳化得到的样品SSC-900具有最大的比表面积、孔体积和比电容,远高于未加入硫酸制备的碳材料SC-900,表明硫酸的加入可以提高碳材料的比表面积、孔体积,进而提高碳材料的比电容。与昂贵的有序介孔碳CMK-3相比,SSC-900具有成本更低、孔径更大和电容性能更好的优点。在以6.0 mol·L^-1 KOH为电解质的三电极体系中,在0.5 A·g^-1的电流密度下,SSC-900的比电容可以达到357 F·g^-1,而SC-900和CMK-3的比电容分别仅为152和266 F·g^-1。电容贡献分析表明,SSC-900的双层电容值和赝电容值均高于SC-900。此外,SSC-900在0.5 A·g^-1的电流密度下循环10 000次后仍能保持98.4%的初始比电容。     

Water-in-salt electrolyte ion-matched N/O codoped porous carbons for high-performance supercapacitors

Pore size and distribution in carbon-based materials are regarded to be a key factor to affect the electrochemical capacitive performances of the resultant electrodes.In this study,nitrogen and oxygen codoped porous carbons(NOPCs) are fabricated based on a simple Schiff-base reaction between m-phenylenediamine and terephthalaldehyde.The NOPCs have tunable morphologies,high surface areas,abundant heteroatom doping.More importantly,the carbons show a dominant micropores of 0.5-0.8 nm,comparable to the ionic sizes of LiTFSI(Li^+0.069 nm;TFSI-0.79 nm) water-in-salt electrolyte with a high potential window of 2.2 V.Consequently,the fabricated symmetric supercapacitor gives a high energy output of 30.5 Wh/kg at 1 kW/kg,and high stability after successive 10,000 cycles with ^96.8% retention.This study provides promising potential to develop high-energy supercapacitors.     

Pyridine-containing metal-organic frameworks as precursor for nitrogen-doped porous carbons with high-performance capacitive behavior

A novel pyridine-containing metal-organic framework (MOF, [Zn(bpdc)DMA]·DMF, bpdc = 2,2′-bipyridine-5,5′-dicarboxylate) was directly carbonized at different temperature to produce nitrogen-doped porous carbons (NPCs). The as-prepared porous carbons, NPC800 (obtained at 800 °C) and NPC1000 (obtained at 1000 °C), were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray powder diffraction, N₂ sorption isotherms, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The results from elemental analysis and XPS confirmed that the pyridine groups in MOF served as nitrogen sources to produce NPCs, and NPC800 possessed the higher nitrogen content than NPC1000. N₂ sorption data demonstrated that NPC800 exhibited the larger specific surface area and pore volume than NPC1000. The capacitive properties of NPC800 and NPC1000 were investigated in KOH aqueous electrolyte by cyclic voltammetry and galvanostatic charge–discharge curves. NPC800 showed the higher specific capacitance (226.6 F g^?1 at 1 A g^?1) than NPC1000 and retained 178.0 F g^?1 even at a high current density up to 10 A g^?1. It was found that the donation of N species to capacitance was more than the role of porosity in view of their synergetic effect.     

Self-propagating fabrication of 3D porous MXene-rGO film electrode for high-performance supercapacitors

2D MXene nanosheets with metallic conductivity and high pseudo-capacitance are promising electrode materials for supercapacitors.Especially,MXene films can be directly used as electrodes for flexible supercapacitors.However,they suffer from sluggish ion transport due to self-restacking,causing limited electrochemical performance.Herein,a flexible 3D porous MXene film is fabricated by incorporating graphene oxide(GO) into MXene film followed by self-propagating reduction.The self-propagating process is facile and effective,which can be accomplished in 1.25 s and result in 3D porous framework by releasing substantial gas instantaneously.As the 3D porous structure provides massive ion-accessible active sites and promotes fast ion transport,the MXene-rGO films exhibit superior capacitance and rate performance.With the rGO content of 20%,the MXene-rGO-20 film delivers a high capacitance of 329.9 F g^-1 at 5 mV s^-1 in 3 M H2 SO4 electrolyte and remains 260.1 F g^-1 at 1,000 mV s^-1 as well as good flexibility.Furthermore,the initial capacitance is retained above 90% after 40,000 cycles at 100 A g^-1,revealing good cycle stability.This work not only provides a high-performance flexible electrode for supercapacitors,but also proposes an efficient and time-saving strategy for constructing 3D structure from 2D materials.     

Biomass-derived porous carbon electrode modified with nanostructured nickel-cobalt hydroxide for high-performance supercapacitors

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry - Apple-derived porous carbon (denoted as APC) is successfully prepared and analyzed as a potential carbon material by hydrothermal carbonization and...     

Polyaniline-derived nitrogen- and oxygen-decorated hierarchical porous carbons as an efficient electrode material for supercapacitors

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry - Polyaniline-derived oxygen- and nitrogen-decorated hierarchical porous carbons (N/O-HPC) are easily prepared by fast electrochemical polymerization...     

Mesopore-dominant porous carbon derived from bio-tars as an electrode material for high-performance supercapacitors

For the first time, toxic bio-tars collected from the gasification of pine sawdust are used as the precursor for activated carbons. Various types of activation agents including KOH, K₂CO₃, H₃PO₄ and ZnCl₂ were screened for obtaining superior activated carbons. When KOH was used as an activation agent, the obtained activated carbons exhibited high specific surface area and large mesopore volume. The activated carbons were further employed to be the electrode material of supercapacitors, and its specific capacitance reached up to 260 F g^?1 at 0.25 A g^?1 current density. Also, it showed an excellent rate performance from preserving a relatively high specific capacitance of 151 F g^?1 at 50 A g^?1. The assembled device also exhibited the good electrochemical stability with the capacity retention of 90% after 5000 cycles. Furthermore, the maximum energy density of the activated carbons in organic electrolyte reached 17.8 Wh kg^?1.     

Fabrication of flexible nanoporous nitrogen-doped graphene film for high-performance supercapacitors

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry - Flexible nanoporous nitrogen-doped graphene film ( PNGF) prepared by facile hydrothermal ammonia reaction of nanoporous graphene oxide film (PGOF) is...     

Lignin-derived hierarchical porous carbon for high-performance supercapacitors

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry - Lignin as the second most abundant natural polymer was applied to prepare a hierarchical porous carbon (HPC) for supercapacitors (SCs). Direct activation...     

Activated nitrogen-doped carbons from polyvinyl chloride for high-performance electrochemical capacitors

Activated nitrogen-doped carbons (ANCs) were prepared by carbonization/activation approach using aminated polyvinyl chloride (PVC) as precursor. ANCs exhibit larger porosities and higher specific surface areas than those of their nitrogen-free counterparts for the same KOH/carbon ratio. The specific surface area of ANC-1 is up to 1,398 m² g^?1 even at a low KOH/carbon ratio of 1:1. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy investigation of the nitrogen-enriched resin precursor indicates the efficient dehydrochlorination of PVC by ethylenediamine at a low temperature. The nitrogen content and the population of nitrogen functionalities strongly depend on the KOH/carbon ratios and decrease drastically after KOH activation as seen from the elemental and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis. The surface concentration of N-6 and N-Q almost disappears and the dominant nitrogen groups become N-5 after KOH activation. The highest specific capacitance of ANCs is up to 345 F g^?1 at a current density of 50 mA g^?1 in 6 M KOH electrolyte. ANCs also exhibit a good capacitive behavior at a high scan rate of 200 mV s^?1 and an excellent cyclability with a capacitance retention ratio as high as ～93 % at a current density of 2,000 mA g^?1 for 5,000 cycles.     

One-step template carbonization-activation synthesis of nitrogen-doped hierarchical porous carbon for supercapacitors

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry - Nitrogen-doped hierarchical porous carbon with a high-specific surface area has been successfully synthesized via a one-step template...     

Highly active N,O-doped hierarchical porous carbons for high-energy supercapacitors

Highly active N, O-doped hierarchical porous carbons (NOCs) are fabricated through the in-situ polymerization and pyrolysis of o-tolidine and p-benzoquinone. As-prepared NOCs have a variety of faradaic-active species (N-6, N-5 and O-I), high ion-accessible platform (1799 m²/g) and hierarchically micro–meso–macro porous architecture. Consequently, the resultant NOC electrode delivers an advantageous specific capacitance (311 F/g), with a pseudocapacitive contribution of 37% in a three-electrode configuration, and an enhanced energy output of 18.0 Wh/kg @ 350 W/kg owing to the enlarged faradaic effect in an aqueous redox-active cell. Besides, a competitive energy density (74.9 Wh/kg) and high-potential durability (87.8%) are achieved in an ionic liquid (EMIMBF₄)-assembled device. This study sheds light on a straightforward avenue to optimize the faradaic activity and nanoarchitecture for advanced supercapacitors.     

Nitrogen-doped porous carbon coated on MnCo2O4 nanospheres as electrode materials for high-performance asymmetric supercapacitors

Spinel-based nanostructured materials are commonly used as promising electrode materials for supercapacitor applications. The combination of heteroatom-doped carbon material with spinel oxides substantially improves the specific capacitance and cyclic stability. In this work, dopamine-derived nitrogen-doped carbon was coated on spinel phase MnCo₂O₄ nanospheres using simple solvothermal and calcination methods. Surface morphology and the crystalline structure of the prepared MnCo₂O₄@Nitrogen-doped carbon were confirmed by FESEM and X-ray diffraction. The electrochemical performance of MnCo₂O₄@Nitrogen-doped carbon electrode material was analyzed by cyclic voltammetry, galvanostatic charge–discharge, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy techniques. MnCo₂O₄@nitrogen-doped carbon exhibits the highest specific capacitance of 1200 F/g compared to MnCo₂O₄ spheres are 726 F/g at 1 A/g and exhibits excellent cyclic stability (capacitance retention of 87% at 7 A/g after 3000 cycles). The enhanced performance of the composite might be benefitted from the synergistic effect between nitrogen-doped carbon on porous MnCo₂O₄ spheres. Furthermore, an asymmetric supercapacitor device was fabricated by using the optimized composition of MnCo₂O₄@NC-2 as a positive electrode and nitrogen, sulfur-doped reduced graphene oxide (NS-rGO) as a negative electrode, respectively. This asymmetric supercapacitor device achieves a maximum energy density of 61.0 Wh/kg at a power density of 2889 W/kg and possesses excellent capacitance retention of 95% after 5000 cycles at 7 A/g.     

Pomegranate rind-derived activated carbon as electrode material for high-performance supercapacitors

In this paper, activated carbon materials were synthesized from pomegranate rind through carbonization and alkaline activation processes. The effects of pyrolytic temperature on the textual properties and electrochemical performance were investigated. The surface area of the activated carbon can reach at least 2200 m² g^?1 at different pyrolytic temperatures. It was found that, at the range of 600–900 °C, decreasing the carbonization temperature leads to the increase of t-plot micropore area, t-plot micropore volume, and capacitance. Further decreasing the carbonization temperature to 500 °C also leads to the increase of t-plot micropore area and t-plot micropore volume, but the capacitance is slightly poorer. The activated carbon carbonized at 600 °C and activated at 800 °C possesses very high specific area (2931 m² g^?1) and exhibits very high capacitance (～268 F g^?1 at 0.1 A g^?1 and ～242 F g^?1 at 1 A g^?1). There is no capacitance fading after 2000th cycle.     

Self-standing rationally functionalized graphene as high-performance electrode materials for supercapacitors

Supercapacitors（SCs） have attracted much attention as one of the alternative energy devices due to their high power performance,long cycle life,and low maintenance cost.Graphene is considered as an innovative and promising material due to its large theoretical specific surface area,high electrical conductivity,good mechanical properties and chemical stability.Herein,we report an effective strategy for elaborately constructing rationally functionalized self-standing graphene（SG） obtained from giant graphene oxide（GGO） paper followed by an ultrarapid thermal-processing.This treatment results in both the exfoliation of graphene sheets and the reduction of GGO by elimination of oxygencontaining groups.The as-prepared SG electrode materials without additive and conducting agent provide an excellent combination of the electrical double layer capacitor（EDLC） and pseudocapacitor（PC） functions and exhibit superior electrochemical performance,including high specific capacitance,good rate capability and excellent cycling stability when investigated in three-electrode electrochemical cells.     

High-capacity porous carbons prepared by KOH activation of activated carbon for supercapacitors

High-performance supercapacitor electrode materials are prepared from the commercially available activated carbon （AC） through a facile and low-cost chemical activation method. The obtained results show that AC activated by KOH with an alkali/carbon ratio of 6/1 （ACK6） possesses a specific surface area of 3405 m^2/g, a large pore volume of 2.01 cm^3/g, and exhibits the highest initial specific capacitance of 335 F/g at the current density of 0.5 A/g in 6 mol/L KOH, and 85% coloumbic efficiency for 5000 cycles at 20 mV/s.     

Hierarchical porous carbon derived from coal-based carbon foam for high-performance supercapacitors

Hierarchical porous carbon (HPC) from bituminous coal was designed and synthesized through pyrolysis foaming and KOH activation. The obtained HPC (NCF-KOH) were characterized by a high specific surface area (S_BET) of 3472.41 m²/g, appropriate mesopores with V_mes/V_total of 57%, and a proper amount of surface oxygen content (10.03%). This NCF-KOH exhibited a high specific capacitance of 487 F/g at 1.0 A/g and a rate capability of 400 F/g at 50 A/g based on the three-electrode configuration. As an electrode for a symmetric capacitor, a specific capacitance of 299 F/g at 0.5 A/g was exhibited, and the specific capacitance retained 96% of the initial capacity at 5 A/g after 10,000 cycles. Furthermore, under the power density of 249.6 W/kg in 6 mol/L KOH, a high energy density of 10.34 Wh/kg was obtained. The excellent charge storage capability benefited from its interconnected hierarchical pore structure with high accessible surface area and the suitable amount of oxygen-containing functional groups. Thus, an effective strategy to synthesize HPC for high-performance supercapacitors serves as a promising way of converting coal into advanced carbon materials.