Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Networks for High Energy Density Supercapacitors Derived from Polyaniline Coated Bacterial Cellulose

Bacterial cellulose (BC) is used as both template and precursor for the synthesis of nitrogen‐doped carbon networks through the carbonization of polyaniline (PANI) coated BC. The as‐obtained carbon networks can act not only as support for obtaining high capacitance electrode materials such as activated carbon (AC) and carbon/MnO2 hybrid material, but also as conductive networks to integrate active electrode materials. As a result, the as‐assembled AC//carbon‐MnO2 asymmetric supercapacitor exhibits a considerably high energy density of 63 Wh kg−1 in 1.0 m Na2SO4 aqueous solution, higher than most reported AC//MnO2 asymmetric supercapacitors. More importantly, this asymmetric supercapacitor also exhibits an excellent cycling performance with 92% specific capacitance retention after 5000 cycles. Those results offer a low‐cost, eco‐friendly design of electrode materials for high‐performance supercapacitors. An asymmetric supercapacitor based on nitrogen‐doped porous carbon networks and 3D flower‐like MnO2 as the negative and positive electrode materials, respectively, exhibits a considerably high energy density of 63 Wh kg−1 and an excellent cycling performance with 92% specific capacitance retention after 5000 cycles. Those results offer a low‐cost, eco‐friendly design of electrode materials for high‐performance supercapacitors.