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N- and O-codoped porous carbon nanosheets derived from a linear Schiff-base polymer for Li-ion batteries

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Two-dimensional porous carbon nanosheets with large surface areas and high heteroatom contents are very appealing for applications in electrochemical energy storage. Herein, we offer a boulevard to prepare nitrogen- and oxygen-codoped carbon nanosheets (NOCNs) with high N, and O contents from a linear Schiff-base polymer (L-SBP), which was synthesized based on a convenient condensation reaction. Subsequently, NOCNs-T was achieved by pyrolysis of L-SBP at different temperatures (T). The derived NOCNs-800 offered a high specific surface area (SSA) of 478.7 m2 g−1 with a pore volume of 0.507 cm3 g−1. When employed as electrode materials for Li-ion batteries (LIBs), the Li-ion storage performance of NOCNs-T was notably improved after the pyrolysis of L-SBP under Ar atmosphere. Compared with NOCNs-700, and NOCNs-900, the as-prepared NOCNs-800 demonstrated a high reversible capacity with outstanding rate performance and cyclic durability. The discharge-specific capacity was maintained at about 380.4 mAh g−1 at 100 mA g−1 after 200 cycles. The excellent energy storage performance can be ascribed to the large SSA, high heteroatom contents, and suitable pores, offering abundant active sites and wettability.

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We sincerely thank the support from the Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China (19KJA460002), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu University of Technology (KYY18041, and KYH23075), the Postgraduate Research & Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province (SJCX22_1454, and XSJCX22_70), the Undergraduate Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program, and Changzhou Science and Technology Bureau (CM20223017).

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JY and CS done experiment and investigation. HS done software and editing. MH helped in experiment and data analysis. YC done experiment. ZL contributed to conceptualization, methodology, experiment, writing—review and editing, funding acquisition, and supervision.

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Yu, J., Shi, C., Su, H. et al. N- and O-codoped porous carbon nanosheets derived from a linear Schiff-base polymer for Li-ion batteries. J Mater Sci 58, 12258–12270 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-023-08785-w

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