Journal
ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 173, Issue -, Pages 566-574Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.05.096
Keywords
Nitrogen-doped three-dimensional hierarchically porous carbon; Template; Electrode material; Supercapacitor
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51072173, 51272221, 51302239, 21203161]
- Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education [20134301130001, 20134301120007]
- Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province, China [13JJ4051, 2015JJ6109]
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A novel nitrogen-doped three-dimensional hierarchically porous carbon (N-3DHPC) has been designed and prepared by the carbonization of polyaniline (PANI) covered on the three-dimensional macroporous carbon (3DMC), followed by KOH activation to generate micropores and mesopores on the wall of macropores. The pore structure, morphology and surface physicochemical properties of the carbon samples are characterized by nitrogen adsorption/desorption isotherm, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and elemental analysis. The N-3DHPC inherits the morphology of the pristine 3DMC and processes a hierarchically porous structure with a high specific area of 1084.0 m(2) g(-1) and some nitrogen-doped species on the surface. The electrochemical behaviors of the N-3DHPC are characterized by cyclic voltammetry (CV), galvanostatic charge-discharge (GCD) test, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and cycle life measurement. The results show that the N-3DHPC obtains high specific capacitance of 308.4 F g(-1) at a current density of 1 A g(-1). Moreover, the N-3DHPC supercapacitor exhibits excellent rate performance, low resistance, high energy density of 10.7 Wh kg(-1) at the power density of 500 W kg(-1) and excellent cyclic stability with the specific capacitance retention of 96 % even after 10000 cycles, thus the N-3DHPC will be a promising electrode material for supercapacitors. (C)2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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