Issue 4, 2022

Preparation of nickel-bound porous carbon and its application in supercapacitors

Abstract

In this study, nickel-bound porous carbon (Ni-PC) was prepared by introducing Ni2+ into dipotassium ethylenediaminetetraacetate (EDTA-2K) derived nitrogen-doped porous carbon (PC) using the ball milling method. This solvent-free mechanochemical method is eco-friendly and rapid, because reactions are triggered by mechanical forces under extremely high concentrations of reactants. PC possesses a large specific surface area and abundant N/O-containing groups, which can coordinate with Ni2+, leading to excellent atomic dispersion and use in faradaic reactions. Therefore, Ni-PC exhibited high stability and excellent pseudocapacitance performance as a supercapacitor electrode material. Ni-doped PC was also prepared using pyrolysis and solution methods for comparison. The sample prepared by the ball milling method exhibited the best performance, a large specific capacitance (565 F g−1, 1 A g−1), a high-rate capability (358 F g−1, 10 A g−1), and superior cycling stability (105.8% capability retention after 10 000 cycles at 10 A g−1). Moreover, the asymmetric supercapacitor device Ni-PC//AC (AC, activated carbon) exhibited excellent application prospects. This study provided a novel method for preparing metal-ion-bound PC and verified its use in energy storage devices.

Graphical abstract: Preparation of nickel-bound porous carbon and its application in supercapacitors

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Article information

Article type
Research Article
Submitted
07 Kas 2021
Accepted
03 Oca 2022
First published
05 Oca 2022

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2022,9, 652-661

Preparation of nickel-bound porous carbon and its application in supercapacitors

L. Liu, Y. Li, Y. Meng, Y. Xue, B. Yang, B. Li and X. Liu, Inorg. Chem. Front., 2022, 9, 652 DOI: 10.1039/D1QI01403J

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