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Facile Synthesis of Nitrogen-Doped Microporous Carbon Spheres for High Performance Symmetric Supercapacitors.

ABSTRACT: Nitrogen-doped microporous carbon spheres (NMCSs) are successfully prepared via carbonization and KOH activation of phenol-formaldehyde resin polymer spheres synthesized by a facile and time-saving one-step hydrothermal strategy using triblock copolymer Pluronic F108 as a soft template under the Stöber-like method condition. The influence of the ethanol/water volume ratios and carbonation temperatures on the morphologies, pore structures and electrochemical performances of the prepared NMCSs are investigated systematically. The optimal NMCSs have a large specific surface area of 1517 m² g^-?1 with a pore volume of 0.8 cm³ g^-?1. The X-ray photo-electron spectroscopy analysis reveals a suitable nitrogen-doped content of 2.6 at.%. The as-prepared NMCSs used as supercapacitor electrode materials exhibit an outstanding specific capacitance of 416 F g^-?1 at a current density of 0.2 A g^-?1, also it shows an excellent charge/discharge cycling stability with 96.9% capacitance retention after 10,000 cycles. The constructed symmetric supercapacitors using PVA/KOH as the gel electrolyte can deliver a specific capacitance of 60.6 F g^-?1 at current density of 1 A g^-?1. A maximum energy density of 21.5 Wh kg^-?1 can be achieved at a power density of 800 W kg^-?1, and the energy density still maintains 13.3 Wh kg^-?1 even at a high power density of 16 kW kg^-?1. The results suggest that this work can open up a facile and effective way to synthesize the NMCSs for electrode materials of high performance energy storage devices.

SUBMITTER: Liang Z

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6172159 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Facile Synthesis of Nitrogen-Doped Microporous Carbon Spheres for High Performance Symmetric Supercapacitors.

Liang Zhongguan Z Liu Hao H Zeng Jianping J Zhou Jianfei J Li Hongjian H Xia Hui H

Nanoscale research letters 20181004 1

Nitrogen-doped microporous carbon spheres (NMCSs) are successfully prepared via carbonization and KOH activation of phenol-formaldehyde resin polymer spheres synthesized by a facile and time-saving one-step hydrothermal strategy using triblock copolymer Pluronic F108 as a soft template under the Stöber-like method condition. The influence of the ethanol/water volume ratios and carbonation temperatures on the morphologies, pore structures and electrochemical performances of the prepared NMCSs are ...[more]

PMID: 30288625

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