Heteroatom-Enhanced Porous Carbon Materials Based on Polybenzoxazine for Supercapacitor Electrodes and CO2 Capture
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Synthesis of Heteroatoms Containing Porous Carbon Sheets via Polybenzoxazine (HCPC)
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Structural Properties of Benzoxazine Monomer and HCPCs
3.2. Electrochemical Measurements
3.3. CO2 Adsorption Capacity
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Periyasamy, T.; Asrafali, S.P.; Kim, S.-C. Heteroatom-Enhanced Porous Carbon Materials Based on Polybenzoxazine for Supercapacitor Electrodes and CO2 Capture. Polymers 2023, 15, 1564. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15061564
Periyasamy T, Asrafali SP, Kim S-C. Heteroatom-Enhanced Porous Carbon Materials Based on Polybenzoxazine for Supercapacitor Electrodes and CO2 Capture. Polymers. 2023; 15(6):1564. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15061564
Chicago/Turabian StylePeriyasamy, Thirukumaran, Shakila Parveen Asrafali, and Seong-Cheol Kim. 2023. "Heteroatom-Enhanced Porous Carbon Materials Based on Polybenzoxazine for Supercapacitor Electrodes and CO2 Capture" Polymers 15, no. 6: 1564. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15061564