Interface-tuned capacitance enhancement in N-P Co-doped carbon membrane/PANI hybrids for supercapacitors

Conducting polyaniline (PANI) and porous carbon fibrous membranes to construct composite electrode materials is one of the hotspots for preparing high-performance supercapacitors. The key is realizing the homogeneous dispersion of the two materials, carbon/PANI, and the connection interface with considerable firmness and strength. Therefore, based on the interfacial covalent bonding strategy, the N-P co-doped carbon membrane and PANI hybrid (NPCM@PANI) materials were designed and constructed. NPCMs were used as substrates to functionalize with nitric acid and ND42, and then co-aniline in situ on the surface of NPCMs. This approach aimed to obtain a hybrid material with high specific capacitance, using NPCM as the substrate. The resulting NPCM@PANI hybrids have a specific capacitance of up to 552 F/g (1 A/g), a small equivalent series resistance of 1.1 Ω and a low transfer diffusion resistance of about 1 Ω in 1 M H 2 SO 4 electrolyte. The capacitance performance is still 78% after 1,000 cycles, which provides excellent capacitance properties. Graphical abstract