A novel zinc tartrate oriented hydrothermal synthesis of microporous carbons was reported. Zinc–organic complex obtained via a simple chelation reaction of zinc ions and tartaric acid is introduced into the networks of resorcinol/formaldehyde polymer under hydrothermal condition. After carbonization process, the resultant microporous carbons achieve high surface area(up to 1255 m^2/g) and large mean pore size(1.99 nm) which guarantee both high specific capacitance(225 F/g at 1.0 A/g) and fast charge/discharge operation(20 A/g) when used as a supercapacitor electrode. Besides, the carbon electrode shows good cycling stability, with 93% capacitance retention at 1.0 A/g after 1000 cycles. The welldesigned and high-performance microporous carbons provide important prospects for supercapacitor applications.
Partially graphitic micro-and mesoporous carbon microspheres(GMMCMs)were synthesized using hydrothermal emulsion polymerization followed by KOH activation and catalytic graphitization.The resulting GMMCMs show micro-and mesopores with a specifc surface area of 1113 m2/g,regular spherical shape with diameters of 0.5–1.0 mm and a partially graphitic structure with a low internal resistance of 0.34 V.The graphitic carbons as electrode for supercapacitor exhibit a fast ion-transport and rapid charge–discharge feature,and a high-rate electrochemical performance.The typical GMMCM electrode shows a specifc capacitance of 220 F/g at 1.0 A/g,and 185 F/g under a high current density of20.0 A/g in a 6 mol/L KOH electrolyte.
