Mesoporous carbon hollow sphere with dandelion-like radial-hierarchy for high-performance supercapacitors
Soyul Kwak
School of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Department of Intelligent Energy and Industry, Department of Advanced Materials Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Search for more papers by this authorHojong Eom
School of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Department of Intelligent Energy and Industry, Department of Advanced Materials Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Search for more papers by this authorJihyeon Kang
School of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Department of Intelligent Energy and Industry, Department of Advanced Materials Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Search for more papers by this authorSeohyeon Jang
School of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Department of Intelligent Energy and Industry, Department of Advanced Materials Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Search for more papers by this authorSeyoung Choi
School of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Department of Intelligent Energy and Industry, Department of Advanced Materials Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Search for more papers by this authorOhhyun Kwon
School of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Department of Intelligent Energy and Industry, Department of Advanced Materials Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Search for more papers by this authorTae Yong Kim
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Gyeongbuk 37673, Republic of Korea
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Inho Nam
School of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Department of Intelligent Energy and Industry, Department of Advanced Materials Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Inho Nam, School of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Department of Intelligent Energy and Industry, Department of Advanced Materials Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorSoyul Kwak
School of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Department of Intelligent Energy and Industry, Department of Advanced Materials Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Search for more papers by this authorHojong Eom
School of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Department of Intelligent Energy and Industry, Department of Advanced Materials Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Search for more papers by this authorJihyeon Kang
School of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Department of Intelligent Energy and Industry, Department of Advanced Materials Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Search for more papers by this authorSeohyeon Jang
School of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Department of Intelligent Energy and Industry, Department of Advanced Materials Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Search for more papers by this authorSeyoung Choi
School of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Department of Intelligent Energy and Industry, Department of Advanced Materials Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Search for more papers by this authorOhhyun Kwon
School of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Department of Intelligent Energy and Industry, Department of Advanced Materials Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Search for more papers by this authorTae Yong Kim
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Gyeongbuk 37673, Republic of Korea
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Inho Nam
School of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Department of Intelligent Energy and Industry, Department of Advanced Materials Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Correspondence
Inho Nam, School of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Department of Intelligent Energy and Industry, Department of Advanced Materials Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorSoyul Kwak and Hojong Eom contributed equally to this study.
Funding information: Korea Electric Power Corporation, Grant/Award Number: R21XO01-24; Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning, Grant/Award Number: 20214000000280
Summary
Ordered mesoporous carbons (OMCs) possess great advantages, such as large surface area, uniform pore distribution, high porosity, and physical and chemical stability. However, the monotonic and long porous channels in OMCs hinder their further application, especially in energy storage. Here, we synthesized mesoporous carbon hollow spheres (MCHSs) with a “Dual-templating method” using dandelion-like silica spheres (DSSs) as the template. Through the dual-templating method, the MCHSs directly replicated the mesoporous edge of DSSs as a thick mesoporous shell but substituted the clogged central core with hollow-core. The combined structure with mesoporous carbon spheres and hollow-core has various advantages over conventional OMCs. The radial and hierarchical pores in the sphere provide a large surface area (1319 m2 g−1), short diffusion path, and open-pore that facilitates ion transfer to any direction. Simultaneously, the hollow sphere carved in the center of the MCHSs allows space for the improvement of ion mobility and electrolyte retention. Also, the dense structure of the MCHSs allows more compact packing and high tap density when MCHSs were applied as an electrode. The MCHSs exhibit high specific capacitance and present a well-developed EDLC shape at all scan rates (10 to 1000 mV s−1), the results show a superior electrochemical performance compared with other recent mesoporous carbon allotropes.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
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