Three-Dimensional Heteroatom-Doped Carbon Nanofiber Networks Derived from Bacterial Cellulose for Supercapacitors

• Published in: Advanced functional materials Vol. 24; no. 32; pp. 5104 - 5111
• Main Authors: Chen, Li-Feng, Huang, Zhi-Hong, Liang, Hai-Wei, Gao, Huai-Ling, Yu, Shu-Hong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 27.08.2014
• Subjects: Bacteria; bacterial cellulose; heteroatom doping; supercapacitors; three-dimensional carbon nanofibers
• ISSN: 1616-301X; 1616-3028
• DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201400590

Recently, heteroatom‐doped three‐dimensional (3D) nanostructured carbon materials have attracted immense interest because of their great potential in various applications. Hence, it is highly desirable to exploit a simple, renewable, scalable, multifunctional, and general strategy to engineer 3D heteroatom‐doped carbon nanomaterials. Herein, a simple, eco‐friendly, general, and effective way to fabricate 3D heteroatom‐doped carbon nanofiber networks on a large scale is reported. Using this method, 3D P‐doped, N,P‐co‐doped, and B,P‐co‐doped carbon nanofiber networks are successfully fabricated by the pyrolysis of bacterial cellulose immersed in H3PO4, NH4H2PO4, and H3BO3/H3PO4 aqueous solution, respectively. Moreover, the as‐prepared N,P‐co‐doped carbon nanofibers exhibit good supercapacitive performance. A simple, efficient, and general approach is developed for preparing cost‐effective, three‐dimensional, and large‐scale heteroatom‐doped carbon nanofibers, such as P‐doped, N,P‐co‐doped, and B,P‐co‐doped carbon nanofibers, by pyrolyzing bacterial cellulose (BC) previously immersed in H3PO4, NH4H2PO4, and H3BO3/H3PO4, respectively. Moreover, the as‐prepared N,P‐co‐doped carbon nanofibers exhibit good supercapacitive performance.