Development of N-doped carbons from zeolite-templating route as potential electrode materials for symmetric supercapacitors

Meng Ren; Cheng-yun Zhang; Yue-lin Wang; Jin-jun Cai

doi:10.1007/s12613-018-1703-7

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International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials > 2018 > 25(12): 1482-1492. > DOI: 10.1007/s12613-018-1703-7

Meng Ren, Cheng-yun Zhang, Yue-lin Wang, and Jin-jun Cai, Development of N-doped carbons from zeolite-templating route as potential electrode materials for symmetric supercapacitors, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., 25(2018), No. 12, pp.1482-1492. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12613-018-1703-7

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Development of N-doped carbons from zeolite-templating route as potential electrode materials for symmetric supercapacitors

Meng Ren^1,2),
Cheng-yun Zhang¹⁾,
Yue-lin Wang¹⁾ and
Jin-jun Cai^1,3), ,

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Hunan Key Laboratory of Environment Friendly Chemical Process Technology, School of Chemical Engineering, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China
State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
School of Engineering Materials & Science, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21506184).

Received: 10 May 2018; Revised: 22 October 2018; Accepted: 23 October 2018;

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N-doped carbons were fabricated from zeolite-templated carbon via modification with melamine and mild KOH activation. The N-doping treatment and KOH activation slightly lowered the surface areas of pristine zeolite-templated carbon; nonetheless, N-doped carbons with a lower surface area exhibited much higher capacitance and cycling stability as fabricated into symmetric supercapacitor. Significantly, N-doped carbon obtained at 700℃ showed a capacitance of 45.7 F/g at 0.1 A/g and 42.0 F/g at 10 A/g for the fabricated supercapacitor with 6 M KOH electrolyte, with 92% retention of initial capacitance as current density increased up to 100-fold. This performance was attributed to the dual contribution of electric double-layer capacitance and pseudo-capacitance. The assembled supercapacitor also exhibited excellent cycling stability, with 91% capacitance retention at 10 A/g after 10000 cycles.
- zeolite template,
- porous carbon,
- nitrogen-doping,
- chemical activation,
- supercapacitor

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