Table 1 The specific capacitances and rate capabilities of this work compared with other work about EDLCs or mesoporous carbon supercapacitors.

From: Ultrafast microwave synthesis of rambutan-like CMK-3/carbon nanotubes nanocomposites for high-performance supercapacitor electrode materials

Materials

Specific capacitance

Rate capability

This work

315.6 F·g−1 at 1 A·g−1

214.6 F·g−1 at 50 A·g−1 (69% retention)

OMC/CNTs nanocomposite58

338.1 F·g−1 at 1 A·g−1

38% retention at 50 A·g−1

CNTs and activated high surface area carbon59

200 F·g−1 at 1 A·g−1

NA

Graphene Hydrogels60

220 F·g−1 at 1 A·g−1

64% retention at 100 A·g−1

Mesoporous carbon spheres/RGO sheets61

41.5 F·g−1 at 1 A·g−1

85% retention at 25 A·g−1

Flower-like and hierarchical porous carbon materials62

294 F·g−1 at a scan rate of 2 mV·s−1

71% retention at 500 mV·s−1

Hollow carbon spheres anchored on carbon nanotubes63

201.5 F·g−1 at 0.5 A·g−1

69% retention at 20 A·g−1