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ENERGY & FUELS
Volume 34, Issue 7, Pages 8966-8976Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c01346
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31971794]
- Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province [LQ19B060010]
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Hierarchical structural carbon with properly modulated compositions and porosity is essential for energy storage capacity. Here, N-doped porous carbon was synthesized using abundant rice straw under the sequential hydrothermal treatment and calcination by KHCO3 in the presence of melamine. The activation with KHCO3 resulted in about a 50% increase in the yields of porous carbons and performance comparable to that of KOH. The extra additional melamine not only introduces the N-containing functional groups but also enhances the mesoporosity and specific surface area (2786.5 m(2) g(-1)). Meanwhile, wettability and conductivity are improved. The obtained N-doped porous carbon exhibits outstanding capacitance of 317 F g(-1) at 1 A g(-1). The fabricated symmetric supercapacitor displays a stable cycling performance (99.4% retention after 5000 cycles), a reasonable rate performance, and the maximum specific energy of 18.4 W h kg(-1). Our research provides a promising method for effectively converting biowaste into energy storage materials through green synthetic strategy.
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