Issue 46, 2018

Tailoring porous carbon spheres for supercapacitors

Abstract

The last decade has witnessed significant breakthroughs in the synthesis of porous carbon spheres (PCSs). This Review provides an updated summarization on the controlled synthesis of PCSs for supercapacitors. The synthetic methodologies can be generally categorized into (i) hard templating, (ii) soft templating, (iii) the modified Stöber method, (iv) hydrothermal carbonization (HTC), and (v) aerosol-assisted methods. The obtained PCSs include microporous/mesoporous/macroporous carbon spheres, single-/multi-shelled hollow carbon spheres, and yolk@shell carbon spheres. The structure–electrochemical performance correlation is discussed. Finally, the future research directions on the rational design of PCSs for supercapacitors are predicted.

Graphical abstract: Tailoring porous carbon spheres for supercapacitors

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
17 Sep 2018
Accepted
05 Nov 2018
First published
06 Nov 2018

Nanoscale, 2018,10, 21604-21616

Tailoring porous carbon spheres for supercapacitors

M. Xu, Q. Yu, Z. Liu, J. Lv, S. Lian, B. Hu, L. Mai and L. Zhou, Nanoscale, 2018, 10, 21604 DOI: 10.1039/C8NR07560C

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