The double-activated porous carbons（DAPCs）with unique bimodal pore structure were prepared by activating commercial microporous carbon（CMCs） twice through KOH（double activation） at high temperature. The as-prepa...The double-activated porous carbons（DAPCs）with unique bimodal pore structure were prepared by activating commercial microporous carbon（CMCs） twice through KOH（double activation） at high temperature. The as-prepared DAPCs show larger surface area（833 m^2·g^-1）,and the pores are composed of micropores（size of-1.8 nm） and mesopores（size of -4.5 nm）. Such special hierarchical porous structures integrate the dual advantages of micropore and mesopore, having not only the high energy storage of the micropores but also the high-rate performance of the mesopores for supercapacitors（SCs）.As a result, the optimized DAPCs-3-1 exhibits a high specific capacitance of 277 F·g^-1 at 1 A·g^-1, enhanced rate performance of 197 F·g^-1 at a high current density of 10 A·g^-1, and excellent cycling stability with 94.2% capacity retention after 10,000 cycles in the 1 mol·L^-1 Na2SO4 electrolyte. The facile double activation could be a promising method to prepare suitable porous carbons with exceptional electrochemical properties for SCs.展开更多
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51472110)Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation(No.ZR2016EMB05)+1 种基金University of Jinan Science Foundation(No.XKY1630)a Research Project from Ministry of Education,China(No.213021A)
文摘The double-activated porous carbons（DAPCs）with unique bimodal pore structure were prepared by activating commercial microporous carbon（CMCs） twice through KOH（double activation） at high temperature. The as-prepared DAPCs show larger surface area（833 m^2·g^-1）,and the pores are composed of micropores（size of-1.8 nm） and mesopores（size of -4.5 nm）. Such special hierarchical porous structures integrate the dual advantages of micropore and mesopore, having not only the high energy storage of the micropores but also the high-rate performance of the mesopores for supercapacitors（SCs）.As a result, the optimized DAPCs-3-1 exhibits a high specific capacitance of 277 F·g^-1 at 1 A·g^-1, enhanced rate performance of 197 F·g^-1 at a high current density of 10 A·g^-1, and excellent cycling stability with 94.2% capacity retention after 10,000 cycles in the 1 mol·L^-1 Na2SO4 electrolyte. The facile double activation could be a promising method to prepare suitable porous carbons with exceptional electrochemical properties for SCs.
