Journal
SMALL
Volume 14, Issue 36, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/smll.201801897
Keywords
area capacitance; nitrogen-doped carbon spheres; supercapacitor; unimodal ultra-micropores
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21371149, 21671168]
- Natural Science Foundation of Hebei [B2016203498, 17964403D]
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A full understanding of ion transport in porous carbon electrodes is essential for achieving effective energy storage in their applications as electrochemical supercapacitors. It is generally accepted that pores in the size range below 0.5 nm are inaccessible to electrolyte ions and lower the capacitance of carbon materials. Here, nitrogen-doped carbon with ultra-micropores smaller than 0.4 nm with a narrow size distribution, which represents the first example of electrode materials made entirely from ultra-microporous carbon, is prepared. An in situ electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance technique to study the effects of the ultra-micropores on charge storage in supercapacitors is used. It is found that ultra-micropores smaller than 0.4 nm are accessible to small electrolyte ions, and the area capacitance of obtained sample reaches the ultrahigh value of 330 mu F cm(-2), significantly higher than that of previously reported carbon-based materials. The findings provide a better understanding of the correlation between ultra-micropore structure and capacitance and open new avenues for design and development of carbon materials for the next generation of high energy density supercapacitors.
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