N, S, O Self-Doped Carbon Derived from Grapefruit Peel for High-Performance Supercapacitors

Abstract

The development of high-capacity carbon for supercapacitors is highly desirable but challenging. In this work, we design a N, S, O self-doped carbon electrode (NSOC-800) with high capacitance and good stability via the carbonization of grapefruit peel via a one-step KOH activation method without extra dopants. The existence of heteroatoms enables the NSOC-800 to have a high specific capacitance of 280 F/g and a great cycling performance, with 90.1% capacitance retention after 5000 cycles. Moreover, the symmetric supercapacitor with NSOC-800 electrodes delivers a maximum energy density of 5 Wh/kg with a power density of 473 W/kg. Such a promising method to achieve carbon materials with self-doping heteroatwoms is of great significance for developing highly efficient electrodes for energy storage devices.