Size-controllable synthesis of monodispersed nitrogen-doped carbon nanospheres from polydopamine for high-rate supercapacitors
Ning Zhang1, Fu-Cheng Gao1, Hong Liu1, Feng-Yun Wang2, Ru-Liang Zhang1, Qing Yu1, Lei Liu1()
1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China 2. College of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Bio Fibers and Eco Textiles, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
Monodispersed nitrogen-doped carbon nanospheres with tunable particle size (100–230 nm) were synthesized via self-polymerization of biochemical dopamine in the presence of hexamethylenetetramine as a buffer and F127 as a size controlling agent. Hexamethylenetetramine can mildly release NH3, which in turn initiates the polymerization reaction of dopamine. The carbon nanospheres obtained exhibited a significant energy storage capability of 265 F·g–1 at 0.5 A·g–1 and high-rate performance of 82% in 6 mol·L–1 KOH (20 A·g–1), which could be attributed to the presence of abundant micro-mesoporous structure, doped nitrogen functional groups and the small particle size. Moreover, the fabricated symmetric supercapacitor device displayed a high stability of 94% after 5000 cycles, revealing the considerable potential of carbon nanospheres as electrode materials for energy storage.
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Ning Zhang, Fu-Cheng Gao, Hong Liu, Feng-Yun Wang, Ru-Liang Zhang, Qing Yu, Lei Liu. Size-controllable synthesis of monodispersed nitrogen-doped carbon nanospheres from polydopamine for high-rate supercapacitors. Front. Chem. Sci. Eng., 2023, 17(11): 1788-1800.
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