Issue 46, 2017

A simple strategy toward hierarchically porous graphene/nitrogen-rich carbon foams for high-performance supercapacitors

Abstract

Three-dimensional nitrogen-rich porous carbon materials (NPCs), with advantageously tuned physicochemical properties through nitrogen functionalities, have become the research hotspot of energy storage. As electrodes for supercapacitors, NPCs fabricated via a facile strategy are highly desirable to improve the limited performance of N-doped species and obtain high specific capacitance. Herein, a graphene/nitrogen-rich carbon foam with a 3D hierarchically porous architecture has been achieved through assembling graphene oxide sheets into melamine foam. The obtained foam with meso- and micro-pores, nitrogen-enriched content (11.6 at%), and a large surface area (943.7 m2 g−1) delivers enhanced energy storage capabilities of 324, 229, and 196 F g−1 at current densities of 0.1, 1, and 10 A g−1 in a 6 mol L−1 KOH electrolyte, respectively. Moreover, the as-prepared material shows an appreciable capacitance of up to 213 F g−1 at 0.1 A g−1, along with excellent cycling stability (99% retention after 10 000 cycles in a PVA/KOH gel electrolyte) in the related fabricated symmetric solid-state supercapacitors.

Graphical abstract: A simple strategy toward hierarchically porous graphene/nitrogen-rich carbon foams for high-performance supercapacitors

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
14 oct. 2017
Accepted
01 nov. 2017
First published
02 nov. 2017

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017,5, 24178-24184

A simple strategy toward hierarchically porous graphene/nitrogen-rich carbon foams for high-performance supercapacitors

Y. Chen, Z. Xiao, Y. Liu and L. Fan, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5, 24178 DOI: 10.1039/C7TA09039K

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