Nitrogen-enriched porous carbon nanorods templated by cellulose nanocrystals as high performance supercapacitor electrodes

• DOI: 10.1039/c5ta07252b
• Publication Date: 2015-10-15T14:32:00Z
• Authors: Xinyun Wu; Zengqian Shi; Ricky Tjandra; Aleisha Justine C...; Serubbabel Sy; Aiping Yu; Richard M. Berry; Kam C. Tam
• Keywords: Nanorod; Bacterial Cellulose; Carbon fibers; Cadmium nitrate; Hydrothermal Carbonization

Cellulose nanocrystal-templated melamine-formaldehyde nanorods were fabricated <italic>via in situ</italic> polycondensation followed by a one-step carbonization into hierarchically porous carbon that possessed promising supercapacitive performance.