One-step preparation of hierarchically porous carbon from petroleum asphalt for high-performance supercapacitors
摘要
High-capacitance and high-rate performance supercapacitors with long cycling life play an important role in the constructing of efficient energy storage systems. In this study, petroleum asphalt was converted into hierarchically porous carbon (HPC) through a template-directing-coupled in situ activation method. Benefiting from the high specific surface area (2619.49 m2 g−1) and interconnected, hierarchical porous structure, HPC exhibited significantly improved capacitive behavior compared to counterparts guided only by template-directing or derived from chemical activation or commercial materials. In the aqueous electrolyte, the capacitance retention of the supercapacitor exceeded 99% after 30,000 cycles, while in the organic electrolyte, the capacitance loss was no more than 5% after 50,000 cycles. This study demonstrates that KOH activation combined with MgO templates can serve as an efficient route for preparing high-performance porous carbon for supercapacitors.