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However, their limited specific surface area and porosity restrict their application potential. Herein, we developed hierarchical porous carbon aerogels using a one-step carbonization and activation method, directly converting the resin into carbon aerogel material by adding KOH as an activating agent. In contrast to conventional carbon aerogels with an irregular block ground structure, our hierarchical porous carbon aerogels exhibit substantially enhanced specific surface area, total pore volume, and surface oxygen content. In addition, this straightforward one-step fabrication approach holds significant promise for energy storage applications. Notably, the hierarchical porous carbon aerogel C1, with a KOH\/RF mass ratio of 1, was proven to be the most effective electrode candidates, achieving a specific capacitance of 261.9 F\u00b7g\u22121 at 1 A\u00b7g\u22121 and 208.2 F\u00b7g\u22121 at 20 A\u00b7g\u22121. Moreover, it exhibited an outstanding rate capability of 79.5% and excellent capacity retention of approximately 97.5% after 10,000 cycles (7 A\u00b7g\u22121). This work highlights a promising approach for synthesizing commercial-grade carbon aerogels with hierarchical porosity, enabling high-performance energy storage applications.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules29225413","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,11,19]],"date-time":"2024-11-19T07:51:15Z","timestamp":1732002675000},"page":"5413","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["A Facile Alkali-Assisted Synthesis Strategy for Hierarchical Porous Carbon Aerogels for Supercapacitors"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"29","author":[{"given":"Huimin","family":"Yang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science & Technology, Baotou 014010, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mingfang","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science & Technology, Baotou 014010, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0100-480X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xinwei","family":"Guan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Atomaterials and Nanomanufacturing (CAN), School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xiaogang","family":"Shang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science & Technology, Baotou 014010, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lingfeng","family":"Zhu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Atomaterials and Nanomanufacturing (CAN), School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Haimei","family":"Xu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Atomaterials and Nanomanufacturing (CAN), School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7603-3042","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Songbo","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science & Technology, Baotou 014010, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,11,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"3329","DOI":"10.1021\/acs.chemrev.2c00455","article-title":"Layer-structured anisotropic metal chalcogenides: Recent advances in synthesis, modulation, and applications","volume":"123","author":"Giri","year":"2023","journal-title":"Chem. 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