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Title: Fullerene-Based In Situ Doping of N and Fe into a 3D Cross-Like Hierarchical Carbon Composite for High-Performance Supercapacitors

Journal Article · · Advanced Energy Materials

Fullerene-based carbons are interesting electrode materials for supercapacitors due to their unique carbon structures and tunable architectures at the molecular level. By presenting various functional groups with many elements on the fullerene cages, diverse in situ metal/nonmetal-doped carbon materials with enhanced pseudocapacitances and/or double layer capacitances can be prepared. Here, a fullerene derivative, ferrocenylpyrrolidine C60, containing nitrogen and iron, is chosen as the only precursor. A unique microstructure is fabricated by a liquid-liquid interfacial precipitation process. Subsequently, a facile, one-step annealing of the microstructure at different temperatures is performed. A series of in situ N and Fe-codoped laminated 3D hierarchical carbon composites in the shape of a cross are successfully synthesized. The as-prepared N and Fe-codoped carbon material treated at 700 °C exhibits a high specific capacitance of 505.4 F g-1 at 0.1 A g-1. To the best knowledge, this is the highest supercapacitor capacitance based on fullerene electrode materials. The use of a fullerene derivative as an in-situ doped carbon for applications in energy storage opens a new avenue for developing future synthetic strategies to extend the repertoire of electrode materials with high performance.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357; AC02‐06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1558111
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1493367
Journal Information:
Advanced Energy Materials, Vol. 9, Issue 11; ISSN 1614-6832
Publisher:
WileyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 87 works
Citation information provided by
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