Vertically-aligned BCN Nanotube Arrays with Superior Performance in Electrochemical capacitors

Electrochemical capacitors (EC) have received tremendous interest due to their high potential to satisfy the urgent demand in many advanced applications. The development of new electrode materials is considered to be the most promising approach to enhance the EC performance substantially. Herein, we...

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Main Authors:	Zhou, Junshuang, Li, Na, Gao, Faming, Zhao, Yufeng, Hou, Li, Xu, Ziming
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Publishing Group 2014
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4133702/

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spelling	pubmed-41337022014-08-18 Vertically-aligned BCN Nanotube Arrays with Superior Performance in Electrochemical capacitors Zhou, Junshuang Li, Na Gao, Faming Zhao, Yufeng Hou, Li Xu, Ziming Article Electrochemical capacitors (EC) have received tremendous interest due to their high potential to satisfy the urgent demand in many advanced applications. The development of new electrode materials is considered to be the most promising approach to enhance the EC performance substantially. Herein, we present a high-capacity capacitor material based on vertically-aligned BC2N nanotube arrays (VA-BC2NNTAs) synthesized by low temperature solvothermal route. The obtained VA-BC2NNTAs display the good aligned nonbuckled tubular structure, which could indeed advantageously enhance capacitor performance. VA-BC2NNTAs exhibit an extremely high specific capacitance, 547 Fg−1, which is about 2–6 times larger than that of the presently available carbon-based materials. Meanwhile, VA-BC2NNTAs maintain an excellent rate capability and high durability. All these characteristics endow VA-BC2NNTAs an alternative promising candidate for an efficient electrode material for electrochemical capacitors (EC). Nature Publishing Group 2014-08-15 /pmc/articles/PMC4133702/ /pubmed/25124300 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep06083 Text en Copyright © 2014, Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder in order to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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author	Zhou, Junshuang Li, Na Gao, Faming Zhao, Yufeng Hou, Li Xu, Ziming
spellingShingle	Zhou, Junshuang Li, Na Gao, Faming Zhao, Yufeng Hou, Li Xu, Ziming Vertically-aligned BCN Nanotube Arrays with Superior Performance in Electrochemical capacitors
author_facet	Zhou, Junshuang Li, Na Gao, Faming Zhao, Yufeng Hou, Li Xu, Ziming
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title	Vertically-aligned BCN Nanotube Arrays with Superior Performance in Electrochemical capacitors
title_short	Vertically-aligned BCN Nanotube Arrays with Superior Performance in Electrochemical capacitors
title_full	Vertically-aligned BCN Nanotube Arrays with Superior Performance in Electrochemical capacitors
title_fullStr	Vertically-aligned BCN Nanotube Arrays with Superior Performance in Electrochemical capacitors
title_full_unstemmed	Vertically-aligned BCN Nanotube Arrays with Superior Performance in Electrochemical capacitors
title_sort	vertically-aligned bcn nanotube arrays with superior performance in electrochemical capacitors
description	Electrochemical capacitors (EC) have received tremendous interest due to their high potential to satisfy the urgent demand in many advanced applications. The development of new electrode materials is considered to be the most promising approach to enhance the EC performance substantially. Herein, we present a high-capacity capacitor material based on vertically-aligned BC2N nanotube arrays (VA-BC2NNTAs) synthesized by low temperature solvothermal route. The obtained VA-BC2NNTAs display the good aligned nonbuckled tubular structure, which could indeed advantageously enhance capacitor performance. VA-BC2NNTAs exhibit an extremely high specific capacitance, 547 Fg−1, which is about 2–6 times larger than that of the presently available carbon-based materials. Meanwhile, VA-BC2NNTAs maintain an excellent rate capability and high durability. All these characteristics endow VA-BC2NNTAs an alternative promising candidate for an efficient electrode material for electrochemical capacitors (EC).
publisher	Nature Publishing Group
publishDate	2014
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Vertically-aligned BCN Nanotube Arrays with Superior Performance in Electrochemical capacitors

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