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Study of the preparation and electrochemical performance of porous carbon derived from hypercrosslinked polymers

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Hypercrosslinked polymers HCPs have been widely used as precursors to prepare porous carbon materials because of their highly ordered porous structure and large specific surface area. In this paper, we used a solvothermal method to prepare a hypercrosslinked polymer, and the HCPC-700-A was prepared using an activation method with the hypercrosslinked polymer as the precursor. The effects of different carbon–alkali ratios on the microstructure, composition and electrochemical properties of porous carbon HCP were studied. The results show that the surface of porous carbon HCPC-700-A presents a relatively regular geometric shape, and a large number of pore structures are mainly micro- and mesopores. The specific surface area is 2074.53 m2 g−1, and the average pore size is between 1.29 and 1.93 nm. Porous carbon HCPC-700-1:2 has excellent electrochemical performance in 1 M H2SO4, and the specific capacitance is up to 464.4 F g−1 at a current density of 1 A g−1. The specific capacitance decay rate is 29.72% when the current density is increased from 1 A g−1 to 8 A g−1. After 5000 cycles, the capacitance retention rate is 91.16% at a current density of 2 A g−1, showing excellent electrochemical performance, good cycle stability and perfect energy storage performance. This research provides new experimental ideas for HCPs in the electrochemical energy storage field.

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This work is partially supported by the fund of National Nature Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21667017 and 21666018) and Gansu Province University Fundamental Research Funds (No. 056002).

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    Lili Wu, Pitao Wang, Xinguo Chen, Jianqiang Zhang & Heming Luo

  2. School of Petrochemical Technology, Lanzhou University of Technology Lanzhou, Lanzhou, China

    Lili Wu, Pitao Wang, Xinguo Chen, Jianqiang Zhang & Heming Luo

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Wu, L., Wang, P., Chen, X. et al. Study of the preparation and electrochemical performance of porous carbon derived from hypercrosslinked polymers. Carbon Lett. 32, 849–862 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42823-022-00322-0

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