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Title: N-doped honeycomb-like porous carbon towards high-performance supercapacitor

Abstract

Biomass-derived porous carbon with developed pore structure is critical to achieving high performance electrode materials. In this work, we report a grape-based honeycomb-like porous carbon (GHPC) prepared by KOH activation and carbonization, followed by N-doping (NGHPC). The obtained NGHPC exhibits a unique honeycomb-like structure with hierarchically interconnected micro/mesopores, and high specific surface area of 1268 m2/g. As a supercapacitor electrode, the NGPHC electrode exhibits a remarkable specific capacitance of 275 F/g at 0.5 A/g in a three-electrode cell. Moreover, the NGHPC//NGHPC symmetric supercapacitor displays a high energy density of 12.6 Wh/kg, and excellent cycling stability of approximately 95.2% capacitance retention after 5000 cycles at 5 A/g. The excellent electrochemical performance of NGHPC is ascribed to its high specific surface area, honeycomb-like structure and high-content of pyrodinic-N (36.29%). It is believed that grape-based carbon materials show great potential as advanced electrode materials for supercapacitors.

Authors:
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  1. Nanjing Forestry University (China)
  2. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
  3. Qingdao University of Science and Technology (China)
  4. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1817509
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Chinese Chemical Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 31; Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 1001-8417
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Grape; Honeycomb-like; Porous carbon; Activation; Supercapacitor

Citation Formats

Wang, Feng, Chen, Lian, Li, Huiling, Duan, Gaigai, He, Shuijian, Zhang, Lin, Zhang, Guoying, Zhou, Zhengping, and Jiang, Shaohua. N-doped honeycomb-like porous carbon towards high-performance supercapacitor. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1016/j.cclet.2020.02.020.
Wang, Feng, Chen, Lian, Li, Huiling, Duan, Gaigai, He, Shuijian, Zhang, Lin, Zhang, Guoying, Zhou, Zhengping, & Jiang, Shaohua. N-doped honeycomb-like porous carbon towards high-performance supercapacitor. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cclet.2020.02.020
Wang, Feng, Chen, Lian, Li, Huiling, Duan, Gaigai, He, Shuijian, Zhang, Lin, Zhang, Guoying, Zhou, Zhengping, and Jiang, Shaohua. Thu . "N-doped honeycomb-like porous carbon towards high-performance supercapacitor". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cclet.2020.02.020. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1817509.
@article{osti_1817509,
title = {N-doped honeycomb-like porous carbon towards high-performance supercapacitor},
author = {Wang, Feng and Chen, Lian and Li, Huiling and Duan, Gaigai and He, Shuijian and Zhang, Lin and Zhang, Guoying and Zhou, Zhengping and Jiang, Shaohua},
abstractNote = {Biomass-derived porous carbon with developed pore structure is critical to achieving high performance electrode materials. In this work, we report a grape-based honeycomb-like porous carbon (GHPC) prepared by KOH activation and carbonization, followed by N-doping (NGHPC). The obtained NGHPC exhibits a unique honeycomb-like structure with hierarchically interconnected micro/mesopores, and high specific surface area of 1268 m2/g. As a supercapacitor electrode, the NGPHC electrode exhibits a remarkable specific capacitance of 275 F/g at 0.5 A/g in a three-electrode cell. Moreover, the NGHPC//NGHPC symmetric supercapacitor displays a high energy density of 12.6 Wh/kg, and excellent cycling stability of approximately 95.2% capacitance retention after 5000 cycles at 5 A/g. The excellent electrochemical performance of NGHPC is ascribed to its high specific surface area, honeycomb-like structure and high-content of pyrodinic-N (36.29%). It is believed that grape-based carbon materials show great potential as advanced electrode materials for supercapacitors.},
doi = {10.1016/j.cclet.2020.02.020},
journal = {Chinese Chemical Letters},
number = 7,
volume = 31,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Feb 13 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Thu Feb 13 00:00:00 EST 2020}
}

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