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Honeycomb-like nitrogen-doped porous carbon decorated with Co3O4 nanoparticles for superior electrochemical performance pseudo-capacitive lithium storage and supercapacitors

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The three-dimensional honeycomb-like N-doped porous carbon networks decorated with tricobalt tetraoxide nanoparticles (N-CN/Co3O4) were synthesized via energy- and cost-efficient NaCl-assisted strategy. Benefiting from the unique designed configuration, the intrinsic low electron conductivity and relatively huge volumetric expansion during the charge/discharge processes were effective relieved. Furthermore, the nitrogen elements are introduced to regulate the element composition, optimizing the surface activity and improving the electrochemical performance. Under the synergistic effect of the optimization measures, the prepared electrodes demonstrated excellent electrochemical performance. Particularly, the N-CN/Co3O4 electrodes showed capacitive-dominated lithium storage behavior with a high reversible discharge capacity of 1323.2 mAh g−1 after 100 lifespans at 0.05 A g−1, which was far beyond its theoretical specific capacity, and 766.7 mAh g−1 after 700 cycles at 1.0 A g−1. The capacitive-dominated lithium storage behavior was proved by the quantitative kinetic analysis and the supercapacitor (SCs) behavior, where a 60.66% fraction of the total charge resulting from capacitive contribution was achieved for lithium storage, the specific capacitance of 1115.4 F g−1 was obtained at 1.0 A g−1, and 98.6% of the initial specific capacitance was still maintained after 5000 cycles at 12.0 A g−1 as electrodes for supercapacitors. This work offers a simple and efficient route to prepare high-performance electrodes for lithium storage and SCs, lighting the approaches to improve the electrochemical properties of transition metal oxide electrodes.

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This work was supported by the research program of the Top Talent Project of Yantai University (1115/2220001), Yantai Basic Research Project (2022JCYJ04), the Science Fund of Shandong Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Green Manufacturing (AMGM2021F11), and the Deanship of Scientific Research at Umm Al-Qura University (22UQU4320141DSR12).

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  1. School of Environmental and Material Engineering, Yantai University, No. 30 Qingquan Road, Yantai, 264005, Shandong, China

    Wenyue Yang, Danni Peng, Hideo Kimura, Xiaoyu Zhang, Xueqin Sun, Wei Du & Chuanxin Hou

  2. Shandong Laboratory of Yantai Advanced Materials and Green Manufacturing, Yantai, 264005, Shandong, China

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  3. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Science, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, 24230, Saudi Arabia

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  4. Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif, 21944, Saudi Arabia

    Eman Alzahrani

  5. Integrated Composites Laboratory (ICL), Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA

    Zhanhu Guo

  6. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, Shanxi, China

    Bin Wang

  7. Advanced Materials Division, Engineered Multifunctional Composites (EMC) Nanotech LLC, Knoxville, TN, 37934, USA

    Bin Wang

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Yang, W., Peng, D., Kimura, H. et al. Honeycomb-like nitrogen-doped porous carbon decorated with Co3O4 nanoparticles for superior electrochemical performance pseudo-capacitive lithium storage and supercapacitors. Adv Compos Hybrid Mater 5, 3146–3157 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42114-022-00556-6

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