In this work, bioderived high surface area, porous activated carbons (ACs) are synthesized from dried Sterculia foetida (SF) fruit shells via KOH activation. Further, for highperformance supercapacitor (SC) application, the nitrogen-doped AC (NAC) has been derived by pyrolysis of a nitrogen-enriched ionic liquid (IL) and AC mixture. Herein, aprotic 1-ethyl-3-methyl-imidazolium dicyanamide ([EMIM][DCN]) IL is used as a nitrogen precursor. A series of NACs has been successfully developed by tuning the weight ratio of IL and AC. The optimized NAC (2:1) exhibits suitable graphitization degree, hierarchical micromesopores to ensure effective electrolyte diffusion, high surface area, and enhanced wettability. Further, in a three-electrode configuration, the NAC (2:1) electrode shows a high specific capacitance of 567 F g −1 at 0.5 A g −1 . Moreover, a symmetric two-electrode SC device was constructed, providing excellent specific energy of 13 Wh kg −1 at 300 W kg −1 . Overall, this study presents the positive aspects of an IL as a nitrogen precursor to synthesize high surface area NACs as a promising electrode material for SC applications.
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