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Nitrogen-doped biomass-derived porous carbon spheres for supercapacitors with ultrafast charge/discharge rate up to 2.5 V s⁻¹

Authors: Jingting Bu, Zhipeng Zhou, Xiaomin Wu, Chenying Zhang, Zhen Li

Published in: Journal of Materials Science | Issue 31/2021

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Biomass-derived carbon materials are often applied in green energy storage systems like supercapacitors due to the abundance, facile access, low cost and nontoxicity. In this work, biomass-derived porous carbon spheres (PCSs) have been prepared by the carbonization and etching of sodium alginate (SA). Using polyacrylic acid (PAA) as a template, N-doped graphene quantum dots (N-GQDs) are grown evenly on the surface of the PCSs, which drastically improves the pseudocapacitive activity and electrical conductivity. The prepared N-GQD/PCS/PAA electrode has a remarkable specific capacitance of 419.3 F g⁻¹ at 1 A g⁻¹. The symmetric supercapacitor assembled with N-GQD/PCS/PAA electrode exhibits a great specific capacitance of 337.5 F g⁻¹ at 0.5 A g⁻¹. Particularly, the device displays an ultrafast charge/discharge rate of 2.5 V s⁻¹, demonstrating excellent rate capability and structural stability. The supercapacitor based on N-GQD/PCS/PAA possesses high energy density of 11.72 W h kg⁻¹ and excellent cycle stability. A high mass loading (9.18 mg cm⁻²) with the energy density of 8.54 W h kg⁻¹ is also investigated to realize the practical application for the device. In general, a novel biomass-derived carbon electrode modified with highly electrochemical active N-doped graphene quantum dots has been constructed to provide an effective way for high performance energy storage.

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Title: Nitrogen-doped biomass-derived porous carbon spheres for supercapacitors with ultrafast charge/discharge rate up to 2.5 V s−1
Authors: Jingting Bu
Zhipeng Zhou
Xiaomin Wu
Chenying Zhang
Zhen Li
Publication date: 16-08-2021
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Materials Science / Issue 31/2021
Print ISSN: 0022-2461
Electronic ISSN: 1573-4803
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-021-06389-w

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