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Vol. 12 (2020)

3D N,O-Codoped Egg-Box-Like Carbons with Tuned Channels for High Areal Capacitance Supercapacitors

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-020-00416-2
Feng Wei
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Key Laboratory of Coal Clean Conversion and High Valued Utilization, Anhui University of Technology, Maanshan 243002, Anhui, People’s Republic of China
Xiaojun He
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Key Laboratory of Coal Clean Conversion and High Valued Utilization, Anhui University of Technology, Maanshan 243002, Anhui, People’s Republic of China
Lianbo Ma
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Maanshan 243002, Anhui, People’s Republic of China
Hanfang Zhang
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Key Laboratory of Coal Clean Conversion and High Valued Utilization, Anhui University of Technology, Maanshan 243002, Anhui, People’s Republic of China
Nan Xiao
School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, Liaoning, People’s Republic of China
Jieshan Qiu
College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Jieshan Qiu

qiujs@mail.buct.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 12 (2020), Article Number: 82

Abstract

Functional carbonaceous materials for supercapacitors (SCs) without using acid for post-treatment remain a substantial challenge. In this paper, we present a less harmful strategy for preparing three-dimensional (3D) N,O-codoped egg-box-like carbons (EBCs). The as-prepared EBCs with opened pores provide plentiful channels for ion fast transport, ensure the effective contact of EBCs electrodes and electrolytes, and enhance the electron conduction. The nitrogen and oxygen atoms doped in EBCs improve the surface wettability of EBC electrodes and provide the pseudocapacitance. Consequently, the EBCs display a prominent areal capacitance of 39.8 μF cm−2 (340 F g−1) at 0.106 mA cm−2 in 6 M KOH electrolyte. The EBC-based symmetric SC manifests a high areal capacitance to 27.6 μF cm−2 (236 F g−1) at 0.1075 mA cm−2, a good rate capability of 18.8 μF cm−2 (160 F g−1) at 215 mA cm−2 and a long-term cycle stability with only 1.9% decay after 50,000 cycles in aqueous electrolyte. Impressively, even in all-solid-state SC, EBC electrode shows a high areal capacitance of 25.0 μF cm−2 (214 F g−1) and energy density of 0.0233 mWh cm−2. This work provides an acid-free process to prepare electrode materials from industrial by-products for advanced energy storage devices.


Article Highlights:


1 A green low-cost route without the acid washing step is used to prepare the N,O-codoped egg-box-like carbons.
2 The obtained carbons possess moderate N, O contents and tuned transfer channels with three-dimensional (3D) egg-box-like structures.
3 The fabricated electrode exhibits high areal capacitance and long-term cycle stability.

Keywords

Egg-box-like carbon Opened pores in pores Areal capacitance All-solid-state supercapacitor
Wei, Feng, Xiaojun He, Lianbo Ma, Hanfang Zhang, Nan Xiao, and Jieshan Qiu. 2020. “3D N,O-Codoped Egg-Box-Like Carbons With Tuned Channels for High Areal Capacitance Supercapacitors”. Nano-Micro Letters 12 (April):82. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-020-00416-2.
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