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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 150, Issue -, Pages 108-113Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.10.128
Keywords
sulfur doping; mesoporous carbons; S content; specific capacitance; supercapacitors
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21206191]
- Science Foundation of China University of Petroleum, Beijing [2462013YXBS007]
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S-doped mesoporous carbon fibres with an S content as high as 14.0 atom % (29.4 wt. %) are synthesized by carbonization of sucrose using MgSO4-containing porous whiskers as templates and S source. The ultrahigh S concentration is obtained at an optimized condition, including a calcination temperature of 600 degrees C, whisker templates with a smaller diameter and a relatively lower carbon source to template ratio (1:5). X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy demonstrates that the bonding configurations of S are mainly assigned to thiophene-S (C-S-C). Raman spectra demonstrate that the amount of defects rise with the increase of S content. As electrodes for supercapacitors, the specific capacitance of the S-doped mesoporous carbon fibres significantly increases as the S content increasing, reaching 221 F g (1) at the scan rate of 10 mV s (1) with an area-normalized capacitance of 38 mu F cm (2). And the capacitance retention maintains 95% even after 500 cycles, exhibiting excellent cycling stability. Our results indicate that S-doped mesoporous carbons with ultrahigh S concentration can be potential candidates as high quality electrode materials for supercapacitors. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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