Journal
DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS
Volume 131, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.diamond.2022.109586
Keywords
Refilling nitrogen; Melamine sponge; High nitrogen -doped; Carbon sponge; All -solid-state; Symmetric supercapacitor
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A strategy of nitrogen refilling was utilized to prepare carbon sponges with high nitrogen content using a commercial nitrogen-contained melamine sponge. The nitrogen lost during the carbonization and activation processes was replenished through a hydrothermal reaction, resulting in a high nitrogen-doped carbon sponge. The study demonstrates the importance of refilling nitrogen for enhancing energy storage performance and suggests that the high nitrogen-doped carbon sponge is a candidate for high-performance energy storage materials.
Direct carbonization and activation of nitrogen-contained three-dimensional precursors can obtain carbon electrodes for supercapacitors due to the nitrogen doping effect. However, during the carbonization and activation processes, a large amount of nitrogen is found to be lost. Herein, we report a strategy of nitrogen refilling to prepare carbon sponges with high nitrogen content using a commercial nitrogen-contained melamine sponge (MS). A carbon sponge with a nitrogen content of 8.01 atomic percent (at.%) has been obtained through the carbonization process of MS. However, the nitrogen content is reduced to 6.91 at.% after the activation of carbon sponge (ACS) by potassium hydroxide (KOH). Thus, the nitrogen lost by activation at high temperature is replenished through a hydrothermal reaction using urea and a high nitrogen-doped carbon sponge (NCS) with a nitrogen content of 9.83 at.% has been acquired. At a current density of 0.5 A g-1, a specific capacitance of 253 F g-1 by NCS is gained, while the ACS only exhibits a specific capacitance of 167.55 F g-1. Our study not only demonstrates the importance of refilling nitrogen for enhancing the energy storage performance, but also shows that NCS can be considered a candidate for high-performance energy storage materials.
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