N-doped carbon derived from the monomer of chitin for high-performance supercapacitor

The monomer of sustainable chitin, N-acetylglucosamine (NAG), is fabricated into a kind of N-doped carbon material (NC-HAP-700), with the template of hydroxyapatite (HAP). NC-HAP-700 exhibits excellent electrochemical capacitance of 346 F/g at the current density of 0.5 A/g and capacitance retention of 92% after 5000 times of charge-discharge cycles, which is superior to most reported functional carbon materials. Experiments and...