title: Facile Green Synthesis of BCN Nanosheets as High-Performance Electrode Material for Electrochemical Energy Storage.
abstract: Two-dimensional hexagonal boron carbon nitride (BCN) nanosheets (NSs) were synthesized by new approach in which a mixture of glucose and an adduct of boric acid (H3 BO3 ) and urea (NH2 CONH2 ) is heated at 900 °C. The method is green, scalable and gives a high yield of BCN NSs with average size of about 1 μm and thickness of about 13 nm. Structural characterization of the as-synthesized material was carried out by several techniques, and its energy-storage properties were evaluated electrochemically. The material showed excellent capacitive behaviour with a specific capacitance as high as 244 F g(-1) at a current density of 1 A g(-1) . The material retains up to 96 % of its initial capacity after 3000 cycles at a current density of 5 A g(-1) .
authors.affiliation: Physical & Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune, 411008, MH, India.|Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Chennai, 600113, TN, India.
authors.forename: Indrapal
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Karbhal
authors.affiliation: Physical & Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune, 411008, MH, India.|Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Chennai, 600113, TN, India.
authors.forename: Rami Reddy
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Devarapalli
authors.affiliation: Physical & Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune, 411008, MH, India.
authors.forename: Joyashish
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Debgupta
authors.affiliation: Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Chennai, 600113, TN, India.|CSIR-Network Centre for Solar Energy, CSIR-NCL, Pune, India.|CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CSIR-CECRI), Karaikudi, 630006, India.
authors.forename: Vijayamohanan K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Pillai
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering & Material Science, Rice University, Houston, 77005, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Pulickel M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Ajayan
authors.affiliation: Physical & Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune, 411008, MH, India. mv.shelke@ncl.res.in.|Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Chennai, 600113, TN, India. mv.shelke@ncl.res.in.|CSIR-Network Centre for Solar Energy, CSIR-NCL, Pune, India. mv.shelke@ncl.res.in.|Department of Mechanical Engineering & Material Science, Rice University, Houston, 77005, TX, USA. mv.shelke@ncl.res.in.
authors.forename: Manjusha V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Shelke
mesh_terms: D001896:Boron Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D025802:Electric Capacitance; D055664:Electrochemical Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation; D004566:Electrodes; D055772:Green Chemistry Technology / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D001896:Boron Compounds; C488551:boron carbonitride
keywords: boron; doping; electrochemistry; nanoparticles; nitrides