The effect of nitrogen and/or boron doping on the electrochemical performance of non-caking coal-derived activated carbons for use as supercapacitor electrodes

LU Qian; XU Yuan-yuan; MU Sha-jiang; LI Wen-cui

doi:10.1016/S1872-5805(17)60133-1

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LU Qian, XU Yuan-yuan, MU Sha-jiang, LI Wen-cui. The effect of nitrogen and/or boron doping on the electrochemical performance of non-caking coal-derived activated carbons for use as supercapacitor electrodes. New Carbon Mater., 2017, 32(5): 442-450. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(17)60133-1

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LU Qian, XU Yuan-yuan, MU Sha-jiang, LI Wen-cui. The effect of nitrogen and/or boron doping on the electrochemical performance of non-caking coal-derived activated carbons for use as supercapacitor electrodes. New Carbon Mater., 2017, 32(5): 442-450. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(17)60133-1

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LU Qian, XU Yuan-yuan, MU Sha-jiang, LI Wen-cui. The effect of nitrogen and/or boron doping on the electrochemical performance of non-caking coal-derived activated carbons for use as supercapacitor electrodes. New Carbon Mater., 2017, 32(5): 442-450. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(17)60133-1

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The effect of nitrogen and/or boron doping on the electrochemical performance of non-caking coal-derived activated carbons for use as supercapacitor electrodes

doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(17)60133-1

1.
State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China;
2.
Xinjiang Coal Research Institute, Urumqi 830091, China

Funds: National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSNF,U1303192); Natural Science Fund Project of Xinjiang uighur autonomous region (2012211A108).

Received Date: 2017-04-25
Accepted Date: 2017-11-13
Rev Recd Date: 2017-08-01
Publish Date: 2017-10-28

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Abstract

Coal-based activated carbons doped with either N or B or a combination of the two were prepared for use as the electrode materials of supercapacitors by ball milling and subsequent activation using Xinjiang non-caking coal, melamine and boric acid as the respective carbon, nitrogen and boron sources. FTIR spectroscopy and XPS reveal that the B and N atoms are substitutionally incorporated into the carbon skeleton. These doped activated carbons contain a large number of mesopores. Cyclic voltammetry, galvanostatic charge/discharge and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy show that N-and B-doped activated carbons have a superior capacitance and rate performance to the non-doped one. The B-N co-doped material has the highest specific capacitance of 176 F·g^-1 at 0.5 A·g^-1, which is attributed to a synergistic effect of B-N co-doping. The capacitance of the co-doped sample remains at 96% of the original value after 20 000 cycles.
- Activated carbon,
- Heteroatom-doping,
- Supercapacitor,
- Electrochemical performance

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