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Buckwheat derived nitrogen-rich porous carbon material with a high-performance Na-storage

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Nitrogen-rich porous carbon materials have been prepared by pyrolyzing buckwheat with a nano-CaCO3 template. The buckwheat-derived porous carbons exhibit high nitrogen content (3.14%) and interconnected mesoporous dominated porous structures with some macropores, which endows them high efficient electrochemical energy storage. When they tested as anode materials for sodium ion batteries, an initial reversible capacity of 258 mAh g−1 is obtained at 30 mA g−1, and a high capacity of 185 mAh g−1 can be maintained after 100 cycles. Moreover, this work suggests that the cost-effective biomass material of buckwheat is of great potential to be used as anodes for sodium ion batteries.

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We are very grateful for the support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21606024), the Sichuan Science and Technology Program (2019YJ0665), Zigong key innovation project (2019GYCX12) and the Open Research Fund of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Key Laboratory of Systematic Research of Distinctive Chinese Medicine Resources in Southwest China.

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    Jiayi Wang

  3. Key Laboratory of Coarse Cereal Processing, Ministry of Agriculture, Chengdu University, Shiling Town, Chengdu, 610106, China

    Gang Zhao & Liang Zou

  4. College of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Zigong, 643000, China

    Ying Lei

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Ou, J., Wang, J., Zhao, G. et al. Buckwheat derived nitrogen-rich porous carbon material with a high-performance Na-storage. J Porous Mater 27, 1139–1147 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10934-020-00893-1

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