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Hierarchical porous nitrogen-doped partial graphitized carbon monoliths for supercapacitor

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Porous carbon monoliths have attracted great interest in many fields due to their easy availability, large specific surface area, desirable electronic conductivity, and tunable pore structure. In this work, hierarchical porous nitrogen-doped partial graphitized carbon monoliths (N–MC–Fe) with ordered mesoporous have been successfully synthesized by using resorcinol-formaldehyde as precursors, iron salts as catalyst, and mixed triblock copolymers as templates via a one-step hydrothermal method. In the reactant system, hexamethylenetetramine (HMT) is used as nitrogen source and one of the carbon precursors under hydrothermal conditions instead of using toxic formaldehyde. The N–MC–Fe show hierarchically porous structures, with interconnected macroporous and ordered hexagonally arranged mesoporous. Nitrogen element is in situ doped into carbon through decomposition of HMT. Iron catalyst is helpful to improve the graphitization degree and pore volume of N–MC–Fe. The synthesis strategy is user-friendly, cost-effective, and can be easily scaled up for production. As supercapacitors, the N–MC–Fe show good capacity with high specific capacitance and good electrochemical stability.

Hierarchical porous nitrogen-doped partial graphitized carbon monoliths with ordered mesoporous have been successfully synthesized by using resorcinol-formaldehyde as precursors, iron as catalyst, and mixed triblock copolymers as templates via a one-step hydrothermal method.

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This work was financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (21676070), the Hebei Training Program for Talent Project (A201500117), Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (20140120), Special Project for Synthesis and Application of Graphene in Hebei University of Science and Technology (2015PT65).

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    Yifeng Yu, Juan Du, Lei Liu, Guoxu Wang, Hongliang Zhang & Aibing Chen

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Yu, Y., Du, J., Liu, L. et al. Hierarchical porous nitrogen-doped partial graphitized carbon monoliths for supercapacitor. J Nanopart Res 19, 119 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-017-3796-8

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