Mesoporous activated carbons with enhanced porosity by optimal hydrothermal pre-treatment of biomass for supercapacitor applications

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作者
Jain, Akshay [1 ]
Xu, Chaohe [1 ]
Jayaraman, Sundaramurthy [1 ]
Balasubramanian, Rajasekhar [2 ]
Lee, J. Y. [1 ]
Srinivasan, M. P. [1 ]
机构
[1] Natl Univ Singapore, Dept Chem & Biomol Engn, Singapore 117585, Singapore
[2] Natl Univ Singapore, Dept Civil & Environm Engn, Singapore 117585, Singapore
关键词
Hydrothermal carbonization; Mesoporous activated carbon; Biomass; Chemical activation; Supercapacitor; CARBONIZATION; PERFORMANCE; CAPACITANCE; ELECTRODE; NANOSPHERES; CONVERSION; PRECURSOR; MONOLITH; GLUCOSE; ZNCL2;
D O I
10.1016/j.micromeso.2015.06.041
中图分类号
O69 [应用化学];
学科分类号
081704 ;
摘要
A significant improvement of up to 94% in mesopore area of hydrochar-derived activated carbons (ACs) has been achieved using optimal concentrations of biomass (coconut shell) and chemical activating agent (ZnCl2) during hydrothermal pre-treatment. For the first time, we have demonstrated that stoichiometry can influence hydrochar properties and availability of ZnCl2 for activation which has significant impact on the textural properties of mesoporous activated carbons. Tuning of key process parameters and hydrothermal treatment conditions (ZnCl2:biomass ratios and biomass & ZnCl2 concentrations), together with hydrothermal pre-treatment with H2O2, resulted in BET and mesopore areas up to 2440 m(2) g(-1) and 1121 m(2) g(-1), respectively. When the mesoporous carbon was employed as an electrode material in supercapacitors, stable energy density at 7.6 W h kg(-1) was observed (90% of 8.5 W h kg(-1) @ 0.22 kW kg(-1)) at a high power density of similar to 4.5 kW kg(-1), which is one the best performance observed thus far in biomass-derived activated carbons. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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