Because
of their many advantages, graphene and graphene-based materials
are used in supercapacitor electrodes. The main limitation of these
electrodes is their low quantum capacitance, which is a direct result
of the shortage of states near the Fermi level. Using first-principles
density functional theory calculations, this report explored the quantum
capacitances of Si-, S-, and P-doped graphenes and the same materials
codoped with nitrogen. The findings imply that using phosphorus- and
nitrogen-doped graphenes as electrode materials for supercapacitors
could be a worthwhile strategy. Quantum capacitance calculations confirmed
the greater advantage of some codoped graphenes compared with doped
and pristine graphene.
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