Carbon-based supercapacitors with high performance have
a wide
foreground among various energy storage devices. In this work, wood-based
hollow carbon spheres (WHCS) were prepared from liquefied wood through
the processes of emulsification, curing, carbonization, and activation.
Then, the hydrodeposition method was used to introduce nickel sulfide
(NiS) to the surface of the microspheres, obtaining NiS/WHCS as the
supercapacitor electrode. The results show that NiS/WHCS microspheres
exhibited a core–shell structure and flower-like morphology
with a specific surface (307.55 m2 g–1) and a large total pore volume (0.14 cm3 g–1). Also, the capacitance could be up to 1533.6 F g–1 at a current density of 1 A g–1. In addition,
after 1000 charge/discharge cycles, the specific capacitance remained
at 72.8% at the initial current density of 5 A g–1. Hence, NiS/WHCS with excellent durability and high specific capacitance
is a potential candidate for electrode materials.