Facile synthesis of functionalized porous carbon with three-dimensional interconnected pore structure for high volumetric performance supercapacitors

Abstract Functionalized porous carbon with three-dimensional (3D) interconnected pore structure has been successfully synthesized through direct heat-treatment of KOH-soaked soybeans. Benefiting from heteroatoms (N, O) doping, interconnected porous carbon framework with high surface area as well as high packing density (up to 1.1 g cm −3 ), the as-obtained porous carbon material exhibits high volumetric capacitance of 468 F cm −3 , good rate capability and excellent cycling stability (91% of capacitance retention after 10,000 cycles) in 6 M KOH electolyte. More importantly, the as-assembled symmetric supercapacitor delivers high volumetric energy density of 28.6 Wh L −1 in 1 M Na 2 SO 4 aqueous solution.

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