Table 1. Electrochemical Performance of SAC-Based Materials Studied as Electrodes for Energy Storage Devices in Terms of Their Synthesis Method, Battery Type, Specific Capacity, Power Density and Cycling Stability.

Material	SAC	Synthesis method	Battery	Current density	Max. cycles	Capacity (mAh g–1)	Power density (mW cm–2)	Ref
N-HP-Co SACs	Co	polymerization of cobalt complexes and pyrolysis	Li-O2	0.1 A g–1	261	1000 cutoff		(90)
Co-SAs/N-C	Co	green gas-migration-trapping strategy	Li-O2	0.4 A g–1	260	1000 cutoff		(91)
Fe, Co-SA/CS	Fe, Co	heat and acidic treatments of ZIFs grown on carboxylic polystyrene nanospheres	ZAB	5 mA cm–2	-	819.6	86.65	(103)
Fe-N-C/N-OMC	Fe	KIT-6 as template and Fe(II)-Phen complex/2-methylimidazole as the Fe, N, C precursors	ZAB	10 mA cm–2	-	711	113	(104)
3DOM Fe-N-C	Fe	pyrolysis of ferrocene-encapsulated macro-microporous ZIF-8 precursor	ZAB	20 mA cm–2	-	768.3	235	(108)
Fe-N4 SAs/NPC	Fe, Zn	polymerization–pyrolysis evaporation strategy to synthesize N-doped porous carbon with atomically dispersed Fe-N4 units	ZAB	50 mA cm–2	108	-	232	(110)
Fe-Nx-C	Fe	Fe-Phen encapsulated in nanocages during the growth of ZIF-8 and pyrolysis to isolate Fe-Nx-C SACs	ZAB	10 mA cm–2	-	641	96.4	(111)
Fe-SAs/NPS-HC	Fe	ZIF-8/Fe@PZS formation via core–shell composites via polymerization followed by pyrolysis	ZAB	375 mA cm–2	500	-	195.0	(112)
Co SA/NCFs	Co	one-step electrospinning and carbonization	ZAB	10 mA cm–2	-	796	154.5	(116)
Cu-N/PC	Cu	tuning Zn dopant content in Cu-ZIF-8 followed by direct pyrolysis and acid dissolution	ZAB	10 mA cm–2	-	704.9	215.8	(118)
Fe, Co,N-C	Fe, Co	Fe and Co precursors bound during solvothermal treatment. The resulted Ph-btpy ligand was able to anchor two metal atoms.	ZAB	330 mA cm–2		726	198.4	(119)
SACr@NG/PCF	Cr	two step pyrolysis from natural cotton and metal acetylacetonate mixing with GO	Li-CO2	0.1 mA cm–2	350	1500 μAh cm–2	-	(133)
SA Co/GO	Co	acid leaching of Co nanoclusters/GO	Li-CO2	0.1 A g–1	100 cutoff 1000 mAh g–1	17358	-	(134)
Fe-ISA/N,S-HG	Fe	Complexation reaction of Fe cations with 1,10-phenanthroline and holey graphene followed by annealing with thiocyanates	Li-CO2	1 A g–1	200 cutoff 1000 mAh g–1	23174	-	(135)
TTCOF-Mn	Mn	Solvothermal method via Schiff-base condensation between TAPP-Mn and TTF in the presence of aqueous acetic acid	Li-CO2	0.3 A g–1	180	13018	-	(136)
Fe1NC/S1-1000	Fe	N-doped porous carbon support derived from ZIF-8 precursor carbonized with diffused ferrocene ligand steam	Zn-CO2	0.5 mA cm–2	72	-	526	(140)
NCALR/Fe	Fe	Pyrolyzed lotus root-derived hydrogels and HF etching	Al-air	20 mA cm–2	-	-	181.1	(154)
Co SANC-850	Co	Complexation of biomass and metal ions combined with a gas-foaming strategy	Al-air	200 mA cm–2	-	-	494	(159)