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Nanoarchitectonics of nitrogen-doped porous carbon derived from leather wastes for solid-state supercapacitor

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Leather solid wastes not only endanger the environment, but also lead to a significant waste of biomass resources. The efficient utilization of leather solid wastes is imminent. Herein, the nitrogen-doped porous carbon is successfully prepared through a two-step method (carbonization and KOH activation) using vegetable-tanned leather shavings as the precursor. The pore structure and the nitrogen content of the products are effectively regulated by changing activation conditions. Benefitting from large specific surface area and high nitrogen content, the nitrogen-doped porous carbon is employed as the electrode material for supercapacitor, which delivers high specific capacitance of 421 F/g at 1.0 A/g and excellent cycling stability. The assembled solid-state supercapacitor with the porous carbon electrodes displays an energy density of 12.2 Wh/kg and high capacitance retention of 83% after 5000 cycles.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (Grant No. ZR2020QE088), and Key Laboratory Open Funds of New Processing Technology for Nonferrous Metal & Materials, Ministry of Education/Guangxi Key Laboratory of Optical and Electronic Materials and Devices (Grant No. 20KF-26).

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  2. Key Laboratory of New Processing Technology for Nonferrous Metal & Materials, Ministry of Education, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004, People’s Republic of China

    Xue Wang & Chao Yang

  3. School of Light Industry and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, 250000, People’s Republic of China

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation and data collection were performed by [PL], [ZX], and [XW]. Data analysis and interpretation were performed by [SD] and [BD]. The first draft of the manuscript was written by [XW]. Review and editing of the manuscript were performed by [CY] and [LS], and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Liu, P., Xing, Z., Wang, X. et al. Nanoarchitectonics of nitrogen-doped porous carbon derived from leather wastes for solid-state supercapacitor. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 33, 4887–4901 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-07678-5

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