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Facile preparation of porous carbon nanomaterials for robust supercapacitors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 December 2017

Peng Zhang Open the ORCID record for Peng Zhang [Opens in a new window] ,
Shilei Xie ,
Yongfu Qiu ,
Yuanqi Jiao ,
Chuanwei Ji ,
Yangping Li ,
Hongbo Fan  and
Xihong Lu
Peng Zhang*
Affiliation:
Dongguan Cleaner Production Center, School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan 523808, People’s Republic of China; and Guangdong Engineering and Technology Research Center for Advanced Nanomaterials, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan 523808, People’s Republic of China
Shilei Xie
Affiliation:
Guangdong Engineering and Technology Research Center for Advanced Nanomaterials, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan 523808, People’s Republic of China
Yongfu Qiu
Affiliation:
Dongguan Cleaner Production Center, School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan 523808, People’s Republic of China; and Guangdong Engineering and Technology Research Center for Advanced Nanomaterials, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan 523808, People’s Republic of China
Yuanqi Jiao
Affiliation:
Dongguan Cleaner Production Center, School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan 523808, People’s Republic of China
Chuanwei Ji
Affiliation:
Dongguan Cleaner Production Center, School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan 523808, People’s Republic of China
Yangping Li
Affiliation:
Dongguan Cleaner Production Center, School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan 523808, People’s Republic of China
Hongbo Fan*
Affiliation:
Dongguan Cleaner Production Center, School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan 523808, People’s Republic of China; and Guangdong Engineering and Technology Research Center for Advanced Nanomaterials, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan 523808, People’s Republic of China
Xihong Lu
Affiliation:
MOE of the Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, KLGHEI of Environment and Energy Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, People’s Republic of China
*
a)Address all correspondence to these authors. e-mail: zhangpeng@dgut.edu.cn
b)e-mail: fhb666666@126.com
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Abstract

Porous carbon nanomaterials with significant capacitive performance were successfully prepared through a simple two-step process of thermal-polymerization and carbonization without an additional template. As a result, the as-prepared porous carbon nanomaterials of sample-A and sample-B exhibited an amorphous phase with low graphitization. And sample-A showed a moderate specific surface area of 476.39 m2/g, larger than that of sample-B (280.94 m2/g). The relatively high mass specific capacitance of 205.1 F/g at a scan rate of 5 mV/s and 211 F/g at a current density of 4 A/g was obtained by sample-A, which are higher than those of sample-B (82.6 F/g at 5 mV/s and 78.6 F/g at 4 A/g). Sample-A also showed excellent conductivity and superior cyclic stability with 94.19% capacitance retention after 5000 cycles, which are also higher than those of sample-B. This work proposed a cost-effective, green, and promising strategy for the large-scale preparation of porous carbon nanomaterial electrodes.

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nanostructurehydrothermalenergy storage
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 33 , Issue 9: Focus Issue: Porous Carbon and Carbonaceous Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage , 14 May 2018 , pp. 1142 - 1154
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Contributing Editor: Teng Zhai

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