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Degraded chitosan hydrogel-derived N, O self-doped hierarchical porous carbon as electrode material for symmetric supercapacitor

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Rational design and regulation of the porosity of porous carbon are of great significance for high-energy–density supercapacitors. In this study, we synthesize degraded chitosan hydrogel-derived hierarchical porous carbon (DCHPC) with appropriate pore size distribution by adjusting the crosslinking density of hydrogel precursor and assisting KOH activation. The obtained DCHPC-3 has a high specific surface area (3179 m2 g−1), large pore volume (1.60 cm3 g−1), high microporosity (77.5%), and a hierarchical interconnected porous frame. The DCHPC-3 electrode performs ultra-high specific capacitance of 506.3 F g−1 at the current density of 0.3 A g−1. It exhibits excellent cycling stability, whose capacitance retention is close to 100% after 10,000 cycles. In addition, a symmetric supercapacitor based on a DCHPC-3 electrode shows a high energy density of 30.75 Wh kg−1 at the power density of 700 W kg−1. This study provides a facile design idea for porous carbon materials with special pore sizes.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21566030), Ministry of Science and Technology China-South Africa Joint Research Program (No. CS08-L15), Project of Inner Mongolia Education Department (NJZY089), Natural Science Foundation of Inner Mongolia (2015MS0205), Scientific research startup foundation Project (No. DC2200000899), and creative talents team of “Prairie Talent” engineering industry and the “Prairie Talent” of organization Department of Inner Mongolia Party Committee.

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    Juyin Liu, Dongni Ma, Xin Zhang, Lijun Li, Ling Liu, Yanfang Gao & Zhenzhu Cao

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Liu, J., Ma, D., Zhang, X. et al. Degraded chitosan hydrogel-derived N, O self-doped hierarchical porous carbon as electrode material for symmetric supercapacitor. Ionics 29, 1173–1185 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-023-04880-9

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