Hollow Carbon Nanobelts Codoped with Nitrogen and Sulfur via a Self‐Templated Method for a High‐Performance Sodium‐Ion Capacitor

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Abstract
Sodium‐ion capacitors (SICs) have attracted enormous attention due to their high energy density and high power density. In this work, N and S codoped hollow carbon nanobelts (N/S‐HCNs) are synthesized by a self‐templated method. The as‐synthesized carbon nanobelts exhibit excellent performance in pseudocapacitance and electric double layer anions adsorption. After pairing the N/S‐HCNs cathode with a tin foil anode in a carbonate electrolyte, the obtained SIC achieves a high specific capacity of 400 mAh g−1 at 1 A g−1 (based on the mass of cathode material) and energy density of 250.35 Wh kg−1 at 676 W kg−1 (based on the total mass of cathode and anode materials). Besides, the presented SIC also demonstrates high cycling stability with almost 100% capacity retention after 10 000 cycles, which is among the best results of the reported SICs, suggesting the potential for high‐performance energy storage applications.
Funding Information
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (51822210)
  • Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province (2018A050506066)
  • Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province (2017JJ1008)