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Large-scale doping-engineering enables boron/nitrogen dual-doped porous carbon for high-performance zinc ion capacitors

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Zinc ion capacitors (ZICs) have drawn increasing interest in energy storage devices because of their economic benefits, high safety, and long cycling life. Nevertheless, the lack of high-performance cathodes for ZICs remains a key challenge. Here, we fabricated B, N co-doped porous carbon (BN-C) via a salt template strategy. The aqueous ZICs assembled from BN-C cathode delivered a high capacity of 190.2 mAh·g−1 and a remarkable energy density of 105.1 Wh·kg−1. Moreover, systematic characterization verifies that B/N dual-doping promotes the physical adsorption/desorption kinetics of anion and the chemical absorption/desorption kinetics of Zn2+, thus improving the electrochemical performance of ZICs. In addition, the quasi-solid-state pouch-type battery exhibited excellent electrochemical durability and mechanical flexibility, demonstrating its vast application potential as a flexible power source. Overall, this research not only presents a reasonable approach to the large-scale production of carbon cathode materials with excellent electrochemical performance but also strengthens the essential recognition of the charge storage mechanism of heteroatoms-doped carbon materials.

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具有高经济效益、高安全性和长循环寿命的锌离子电容器 (ZICs), 在储能领域中引发了大量关注。然而, 寻找高性能的正极材料仍然是一个重大的挑战。本工作通过盐模板策略制备了B, N共掺杂多孔碳 (BN-C), 利用BN-C碳电极组装的水性ZICs具有190.2 mAh·g-1的高容量, 105.1 Wh·kg−1的能量密度。系统的表征表明B/N双掺杂促进了阴离子的物理吸附/脱附和Zn2+的化学吸附/脱附, 从而提高了ZICs的电化学性能。此外, 准固态袋式电池具有优异的电化学性能和机械柔性, 显示出其作为柔性电源的应用潜力。总的来说, 本研究不仅为大规模生产具有优异电化学性能的碳阴极材料提供了一条合理的途径, 而且加强化了对杂原子掺杂碳材料电荷储存机理本质的认识。

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This study was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 22179123 and 21471139), Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation, China (No. ZR2020ME038), Shandong Provincial Key R&D Plan and the Public Welfare Special Program, China (No. 2019GGX102038) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 201941010).

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    Chun-Liu Zhu, Huan-Lei Wang, Wen-Jie Fan, Xing-Jie Wang, Jing Shi, Ming-Hua Huang, Shuai Liu & Jing-Wei Chen

  2. Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, T6G 2V4, Canada

    Sheng-Li Zhai & Zhi Li

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Zhu, CL., Wang, HL., Fan, WJ. et al. Large-scale doping-engineering enables boron/nitrogen dual-doped porous carbon for high-performance zinc ion capacitors. Rare Met. 41, 2505–2516 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-022-01975-6

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