The preparations of nanoporous carbon with multi-heteroatoms co-doping from black liquor powders for supercapacitors
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Abstract A green and economically viable route without any additional activation agents and templates has been developed to synthesize biomass-derived nanoporous carbon for superior electric double-layer capacitors via direct pyrolysis of dried black liquor powders, which is the main waste in pulping and paper-making industry. The resulting carbon materials present hierarchical porosity and moderate specific surface area of 1134 {\text{m}2}\hspace{0.1667em}{\text{g}-1}, as well as multi-heteroatoms co-doping such as N, S, Na and K, which exist originally in black liquor. When evaluated as electrode materials for supercapacitors in 6 M KOH aqueous electrolyte, the-prepared carbon samples deliver a significantly high gravimetric capacitance of 331 \text{F}\hspace{0.1667em}{\text{g}-1} at 0.5 \text{A}\hspace{0.1667em}{\text{g}-1} in a three-electrode system. Moreover, the fabricated symmetric supercapacitor also possesses a gravimetric capacitance of 211 \text{F}\hspace{0.1667em}{\text{g}-1} at 0.5 \text{A}\hspace{0.1667em}{\text{g}-1}, with an impressive long-term cycling stability of 92 % capacitance retention after 3000 cycles. This work explores a suitable and scalable approach for mass production of high-performance electrode materials with industrial wastes on the base of cost-efficiency and environment-friendship.
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OpenAlex topics: Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication · Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion · Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
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State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering , 26467 South China University of Technology , , Guangzhou , China
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Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province · Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangzhou City, China
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