title: Self-Assembly Synthesis of N-Doped Carbon Aerogels for Supercapacitor and Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction.
abstract: The rational design of high-performance and cheap nanomaterials for multiple sustainable energy storage applications is extremely urgent but remains challenging. Herein, a facile commercial melamine-sponge-directed multicomponent surface self-assembly strategy has been reported to synthesize N-doped carbon aerogels (NCAs) with low density (0.01 g cm(-3)), large open pores, and high surface area (1626 m2 g(-1)). The commercial melamine sponge simultaneously serves as a green N source for N-doping and a 3D scaffold to buffer electrolytes for reducing ion transport resistance and minimizing ion diffusion distance. With their tailored architecture characteristics, the NCAs-based supercapacitor and oxygen reduction electrocatalyst show excellent performance.
authors.affiliation: †Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
authors.forename: Junli
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: †Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
authors.forename: Gaoli
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: ‡Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322-0300, United States.
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: †Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.affiliation: †Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: You
keywords: carbon aerogels; electrocatalysis; nitrogen doping; oxygen reduction; supercapacitor