Volume 34, Issue 2 pp. 203-209
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Nitrogen-Doped Nanoporous Carbons through Direct Carbonization of a Metal-Biomolecule Framework for Supercapacitor

Jianhui Zhang

Jianhui Zhang

State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130012, China

Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Zhuhai College of Jilin University, Zhuhai, Guangdong 519041, China

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Daliang Zhang

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Daliang Zhang

State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130012, China

State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130012, ChinaSearch for more papers by this author
Guanghui Dai

Guanghui Dai

State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130012, China

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Qianrong Fang

Qianrong Fang

State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130012, China

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Shilun Qiu

Corresponding Author

Shilun Qiu

State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130012, China

State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130012, ChinaSearch for more papers by this author
First published: 03 February 2016
Citations: 7

Abstract

Nitrogen-doped nanoporous carbons have been successfully synthesized by direct carbonization of a nitrogen- rich metal-biomolecule framework, zinc glutamate (Zn(H2O)(C5H7NO4)·H2O), as a template without any additional carbon or nitrogen sources. The surface area and pore size distribution of the resultant carbon materials were studied based on the carbonization temperature. These carbons exhibited high specific surface area (as high as 1619.2 m2·g−1 for ZGC-1000). Furthermore, ZGC-1000 also provided a large specific capacitance of 140.8 F·g−1 at a current density of 0.25 A·g−1 when measured in a three-electrode system. It is believed that the presence of the nitrogen-doped nanoporous carbons prepared from the metal-organic frameworks will further facilitate the exploration of such materials as supercapacitors.

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