Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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11006462 | Applied Surface Science | 2018 | 35 Pages |
Abstract
We propose a simple strategy that combines polymerization with chemical activation to prepare a new high-surface-area nitrogen-doped porous carbon (SU-NPC) using sucrose as a carbon precursor, urea as a nitrogen precursor and KOH as an activation reagent. Additionally, this method avoids the time-consuming and complex hydrothermal treatment and template method of traditional approaches. To further optimize the performance, we investigated the relationship between the structure of the SU-NPC-X (X is the activation temperature) and its electrochemical performance at different activation temperatures in detail. The as-prepared SU-NPC-750 not only featured a large specific surface area of 1751â¯m2â¯gâ1 with a microporous network but also possessed a 5.96% nitrogen content. In 6â¯M KOH, the SU-NPC-750 displayed the highest specific capacitance of 335Fâ¯gâ1 at 1â¯A gâ1 among all previously reported sucrose-derived porous carbon. Meanwhile, the SU-NPC-750 presents an outstanding rate performance with a 65% capacitance retention at 30â¯A gâ1 and an excellent cycling stability with an approximately 95.5% capacitance retention over 10,000 cycles. Moreover, the as-assembled symmetrical capacitor showed a high energy density of 14.1â¯Whâ¯kgâ1. Therefore, the porous carbon materials described in this study are promising candidate electrode materials for supercapacitors.
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Authors
Jiangqi Zhou, Min Wang, Xin Li,