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Meso- and microporous nitrogen-containing carbons, characterized by homogeneous meso- (V = 1.00 cm3/g, D = 3.5 nm) and microporous (V up to 0.26 cm3/g, D ≈ 0.5 nm) structure, and the presence of basic groups (up to 1.7 mmol/g) were obtained by matrix and bulk carbonization of sucrose in the presence of melamine or urea. It is shown that obtained N-containing microporous carbons possess good interfacial capacitance (0.21 F/m2) and they are characterized with stability during repeated charge–discharge cycles. Synthesized N-containing nanoporous carbons show higher adsorption of carbon dioxide (up to 6.3 mmol/g at −20 °C) than the samples without nitrogen (up to 3.9 mmol/g at −20 °C).
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Shcherban, N.D., Filonenko, S.M., Yaremov, P.S. et al. Synthesis and physical–chemical properties of N-containing nanoporous carbons. J Mater Sci 49, 4354–4362 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-014-8133-3
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