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Heteroatoms (O, N)-doped porous carbon derived from bamboo shoots shells for high performance supercapacitors

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Activated carbon derived from plant wastes is attractive for the fabrication of low cost and high performance electrochemical energy storage devices. The heteroatoms (O, N)-doped porous carbon (KAC-700) is fabricated from bamboo shoots shells via KOH activation. The symmetric supercapacitor based on KAC-700 has gravimetric and volumetric capacitance of 223.21 F g−1 and 167.63 F cm−3, respectively, at current density of 1 A g−1 in 1 M H2SO4 electrolyte. This supercapacitor also delivers a high energy density of 13.15 Wh kg−1 at power density of 546.60 W kg−1 in 1 M Na2SO4 electrolyte, as well as high capacitance retention rate of 93.62% after 4000 cycles at 5 A g−1. Compared with graphene, carbon nanotubes and other expensive carbon material, this activated carbon has a bright future due to its low cost and easy fabrication process as electrode material for supercapacitors.

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Authors appreciate financial support from the China Government 1000 Plan Talent Program, China MOE NCET Program, Natural Science Foundation of China (51322204), Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (No. 20120111120009) and Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (WK2060140014, WK2060140017, 2013HGXJ0199, J2014HGXJ0092).

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    Junjian Han, Qiang Li, Jiaqi Wang & Guangsheng Fu

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    Jianglin Ye & Yanwu Zhu

  3. NanoScience Technology Center and Department of Chemistry, University of Central Florida, 12424 Research Parkway, Suite 400, Orlando, FL, 32826, USA

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Han, J., Li, Q., Wang, J. et al. Heteroatoms (O, N)-doped porous carbon derived from bamboo shoots shells for high performance supercapacitors. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 29, 20991–21001 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-018-0244-1

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