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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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://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-018-1703-7

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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://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

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Jin-jun Cai E-mail: caijj@xtu.edu.cn,j.cai@qmul.ac.uk
Received: 11 May 2018; Revised: 23 October 2018; Accepted: 24 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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