Supercapacitors based on a nitrogen doped hierarchical porous carbon fabricated by self-activation of biomass: excellent rate capability and cycle stability
Source abstract
Abstract
Energy and environmental are always two major challenges for the sustainable development of the modern human being. For avoiding the serious environmental pollution caused in the fabrication process of porous carbon, a popular energy storage material, we reported a facile, green and activating agent free route hereby directly carbonizing a special biomass, Glebionis coronaria. A nitrogen doped hierarchical porous carbon with a specific surface area of up to 1007 m2 g−1 and a N doping content of up to 2.65 at.% was facilely fabricated by employing the above route. Benefiting from the peculiarly hierarchical porous morphology, enhanced wettability and improved conductivity, the obtained material exhibits superior capacitance performance, which capacitance reaches up to 205 F g−1 under two-electrode configuration, and no capacitance loss is observed after 5000 cycles. Meanwhile, the capacitance retention of the obtained material arrives up to 95.0% even under a high current density of 20 A g−1, illuminating its excellent rate capability. The fabricated nitrogen-doped hierarchical porous carbon with larger capacitance than commercial activated carbon, excellent rate capability and cycle stability is an ideal cost-efficient substitution of commercial activated carbon for supercapacitor application.
Source: openaire · Quality: candidate unverified · Source record ↗
Research context
OpenAlex topics: Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication · Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion · Advanced battery technologies research
SciVX discovery tags are terminology-based. OpenAlex topics are source-provided classifications.
References (45)
Show source-provided references
1. Chu S, Cui Y, Liu N (2016) The path towards sustainable energy. Nat Mater 16:16. https://doi.org/10.1038/NMAT483410.1038/NMAT4834 ↗
2. Ma Q, Yu Y, Sindoro M, Fane AG, Wang R, Zhang H (2017) Carbon-based functional materials derived from waste for water remediation and energy storage. Adv Mater 29:1605361. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.20160536110.1002/adma.201605361 ↗
3. Wang F, Wu X, Yuan X, Liu Z, Zhang Y, Fu L, Zhu Y, Zhou Q, Wu Y, Huang W (2017) Latest advances in supercapacitors: from new electrode materials to novel device designs. Chem Soc Rev 46:6816. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7cs00205j10.1039/c7cs00205j ↗
4. Wang C, Wu D, Wang H, Gao Z, Xu F, Jiang K (2018) A green and scalable route to yield porous carbon sheets from biomass for supercapacitors with high capacity. J Mater Chem A. 6:1244. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7ta07579k10.1039/c7ta07579k ↗
5. Yu M, Lin D, Feng H, Zeng Y, Tong Y, Lu X (2017) Boosting the energy density of carbon-based aqueous supercapacitors by optimizing the surface charge. Angew Chem Int Ed 56:5454. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.20170173710.1002/anie.201701737 ↗
6. González A, Goikolea E, Barrena JA, Mysyk R (2016) Review on supercapacitors: technologies and materials. Renew Sustain Energy Rev 58:1189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2015.12.24910.1016/j.rser.2015.12.249 ↗
7. Jin Y, Zhao C, Wang Y, Jiang Q, Ji C, Jia M (2017) Large-scale production of Cu3P nanocrystals for ultrahigh-rate supercapacitor. Ionics 23:3249. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-017-2267-710.1007/s11581-017-2267-7 ↗
8. Wei X, Gou H, Mo Z, Guo R, Hu R, Wang Y (2016) Hierarchically structured nitrogen-doped carbon for advanced supercapacitor electrode materials. Ionics 22:1197. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-016-1635-z10.1007/s11581-016-1635-z ↗
9. Liu T, Zhang F, Song Y, Li Y (2017) Revitalizing carbon supercapacitor electrodes with hierarchical porous structures. J Mater Chem A. 5:17705. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7TA05646J10.1039/C7TA05646J ↗
10. Chen C, Fan W, Zhang Q, Fu X, Wu H (2015) One-step hydrothermal synthesis of nitrogen and sulfur co-doped graphene for supercapacitors with high electrochemical capacitance performance. Ionics 21:3233. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-015-1522-z10.1007/s11581-015-1522-z ↗
11. Zhang D, Han M, Li Y, He J, Wang B, Wang K, Feng H (2017) Ultra-facile fabrication of phosphorus doped egg-like hierarchic porous carbon with superior supercapacitance performance by microwave irradiation combining with self-activation strategy. J Power Sources 372:260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2017.10.08210.1016/j.jpowsour.2017.10.082 ↗
12. Zhou S, Xie Q, Wu S, Huang X, Zhao P (2017) Influence of graphene coating on supercapacitive behavior of sandwich-like N- and O-enriched porous carbon/graphene composites in aqueous and organic electrolytes. Ionics 23:1499. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-017-1982-410.1007/s11581-017-1982-4 ↗
13. Wang J, Nie P, Ding B, Dong S, Hao X, Dou H, Zhang X (2017) Biomass derived carbon for energy storage devices. J Mater Chem A. 5:2411. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6TA08742F10.1039/C6TA08742F ↗
14. Sun K, Li J, Peng H, Feng E, Ma G, Lei Z (2016) Promising nitrogen-doped porous nanosheets carbon derived from pomegranate husk as advanced electrode materials for supercapacitors. Ionics 23:985. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-016-1897-510.1007/s11581-016-1897-5 ↗
15. Gong Y, Li D, Luo C, Fu Q, Pan C (2017) Highly porous graphitic biomass carbon as advanced electrode materials for supercapacitors. Green Chem 19:4132. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7gc01681f10.1039/c7gc01681f ↗
16. Niu J, Shao R, Liang J, Dou M, Li Z, Huang Y, Wang F (2017) Biomass-derived mesopore-dominant porous carbons with large specific surface area and high defect density as high performance electrode materials for Li-ion batteries and supercapacitors. Nano Energy. 36:322. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2017.04.04210.1016/j.nanoen.2017.04.042 ↗
17. Liu Y, Huang B, Lin X, Xie Z (2017) Biomass-derived hierarchical porous carbons: boosting the energy density of supercapacitors via an ionothermal approach. J Mater Chem A. 5:13009. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7TA03639F10.1039/C7TA03639F ↗
18. Chao S, Lintong H, Kai G, Huiqiao L, Tianyou Z (2017) Highly porous carbon with graphene nanoplatelet microstructure derived from biomass waste for high-performance supercapacitors in universal electrolyte. Adv Sustain Syst. 1:1600011. https://doi.org/10.1002/adsu.20160001110.1002/adsu.201600011 ↗
19. Ou J, Yang L, Zhang Z, Xi X (2016) Honeysuckle-derived hierarchical porous nitrogen, sulfur, dual-doped carbon for ultra-high rate lithium ion battery anodes. J Power Sources 333:193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2016.09.16310.1016/j.jpowsour.2016.09.163 ↗
20. Cheng P, Gao S, Zang P, Yang X, Bai Y, Xu H, Liu Z, Lei Z (2015) Hierarchically porous carbon by activation of shiitake mushroom for capacitive energy storage. Carbon 93:315. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2015.05.05610.1016/j.carbon.2015.05.056 ↗
21. Wang C, Wu D, Wang H, Gao Z, Xu F, Jiang K (2017) Nitrogen-doped two-dimensional porous carbon sheets derived from clover biomass for high performance supercapacitors. J Power Sources 363:375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2017.07.09710.1016/j.jpowsour.2017.07.097 ↗
22. Zhang W, Xu J, Hou D, Yin J, Liu D, He Y, Lin H (2018) Hierarchical porous carbon prepared from biomass through a facile method for supercapacitor applications. J Colloid Interface Sci 530:338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2018.06.07610.1016/j.jcis.2018.06.076 ↗
23. Gao S, Li X, Li L, Wei X (2017) A versatile biomass derived carbon material for oxygen reduction reaction, supercapacitors and oil/water separation. Nano Energy. 33:334. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2017.01.04510.1016/j.nanoen.2017.01.045 ↗
24. Kleszyk P, Ratajczak P, Skowron P, Jagiello J, Abbas Q, Frąckowiak E, Béguin F (2015) Carbons with narrow pore size distribution prepared by simultaneous carbonization and self-activation of tobacco stems and their application to supercapacitors. Carbon 81:148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2014.09.04310.1016/j.carbon.2014.09.043 ↗
25. Bommier C, Xu R, Wang W, Wang X, Wen D, Lu J, Ji X (2015) Self-activation of cellulose: a new preparation methodology for activated carbon electrodes in electrochemical capacitors. Nano Energy. 13:709. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2015.03.02210.1016/j.nanoen.2015.03.022 ↗
26. Xia C, Shi SQ (2016) Self-activation for activated carbon from biomass: theory and parameters. Green Chem 18:2063. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5gc02152a10.1039/c5gc02152a ↗
27. Tounsadi H, Khalidi A, Farnane M, Abdennouri M, Barka N (2016) Experimental design for the optimization of preparation conditions of highly efficient activated carbon from Glebionis coronaria L. and heavy metals removal ability. Process Saf Environ Prot 102:710. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2016.05.01710.1016/j.psep.2016.05.017 ↗
28. Tounsadi H, Khalidi A, Machrouhi A, Farnane M, Elmoubarki R, Elhalil A, Sadiq M, Barka N (2016) Highly efficient activated carbon from Glebionis coronaria L. biomass: optimization of preparation conditions and heavy metals removal using experimental design approach. J Environ Chem Eng 4:4549. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2016.10.02010.1016/j.jece.2016.10.020 ↗
29. Renna M, Cocozza C, Gonnella M, Abdelrahman H, Santamaria P (2015) Elemental characterization of wild edible plants from countryside and urban areas. Food Chem 177:29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2014.12.06910.1016/j.foodchem.2014.12.069 ↗
30. Dória LC, Podadera DS, Arco M, Chauvin T, Smets E, Delzon S, Lens F (2018) Insular woody daisies (Argyranthemum, Asteraceae) are more resistant to drought-induced hydraulic failure than their herbaceous relatives. Funct Ecol 32:1467. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.1308510.1111/1365-2435.13085 ↗
31. Puglia G, Grimaldi S, Carta A, Pavone P, Toorop P (2015) Pericarp structure of Glebionis coronaria (L.) Cass ex Spach (Asteraceae) cypselae controls water uptake during germination. Seed Science Res 25:255. https://doi.org/10.1017/S096025851500014810.1017/S0960258515000148 ↗
32. Muñoz-Huerta R, Guevara-Gonzalez R, Contreras-Medina L, Torres-Pacheco I, Prado-Olivarez J, Ocampo-Velazquez R (2013) A review of methods for sensing the nitrogen status in plants: advantages, disadvantages and recent advances. Sensors 13:10823. https://doi.org/10.3390/s13081082310.3390/s130810823 ↗
33. Yu J, Maliutina K, Tahmasebi A (2018) A review on the production of nitrogen-containing compounds from microalgal biomass via pyrolysis. Bioresour Technol. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2018.08.12710.1016/j.biortech.2018.08.127 ↗
34. Travlou NA, Bandosz TJ (2017) N-doped polymeric resin-derived porous carbons as efficient ammonia removal and detection media. Carbon 117:228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2017.02.09910.1016/j.carbon.2017.02.099 ↗
35. Inagaki M, Toyoda M, Soneda Y, Morishita T (2018) Nitrogen-doped carbon materials. Carbon 132:104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2018.02.02410.1016/j.carbon.2018.02.024 ↗
36. Zhang D, Han M, Wang B, Li Y, Lei L, Wang K, Wang Y, Zhang L, Feng H (2017) Superior supercapacitors based on nitrogen and sulfur co-doped hierarchical porous carbon: excellent rate capability and cycle stability. J Power Sources 358:112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2017.05.03110.1016/j.jpowsour.2017.05.031 ↗
37. Pan D, Zhang M, Wang Y, Yan Z, Jing J, Xie J (2017) In situ fabrication of nickel based oxide on nitrogen-doped graphene for high electrochemical performance supercapacitors. Chem Phys Lett 685:457. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2017.08.02110.1016/j.cplett.2017.08.021 ↗
38. Wang B, Wang Y, Peng Y, Wang X, Wang N, Wang J, Zhao J (2018) Nitrogen-doped biomass-based hierarchical porous carbon with large mesoporous volume for application in energy storage. Chem Eng J 348:850. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2018.05.06110.1016/j.cej.2018.05.061 ↗
39. Tian W, Gao Q, Tan Y, Yang K, Zhu L, Yang C, Zhang H (2015) Bio-inspired beehive-like hierarchical nanoporous carbon derived from bamboo-based industrial by-product as a high performance supercapacitor electrode material. J Mater Chem A. 3:5656. https://doi.org/10.1039/c0xx00000x10.1039/c0xx00000x ↗
40. Patel MA, Luo F, Savaram K, Kucheryavy P, Xie Q, Flach C, Mendelsohn R, Garfunkel E, Lockard JV, He H (2017) P and S dual-doped graphitic porous carbon for aerobic oxidation reactions: enhanced catalytic activity and catalytic sites. Carbon 114:383. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2016.11.06410.1016/j.carbon.2016.11.064 ↗
41. Gunawan MA, Moncea O, Poinsot D, Keskes M, Domenichini B, Heintz O, Chassagnon R, Herbst F, Carlson RMK, Dahl JEP, Fokin AA, Schreiner PR, Hierso J-C (2018) Nanodiamond-palladium core–shell organohybrid synthesis: a mild vapor-phase procedure enabling nano layering metal onto functionalized sp3-carbon. Adv Funct Mater. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.20170578610.1002/adfm.201705786 ↗
42. Yu H, Zhang W, Li T, Zhi L, Dang L, Liu Z, Lei Z (2017) Capacitive performance of porous carbon nanosheets derived from biomass cornstalk. RSC Adv. 7:1067. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6ra25899a10.1039/c6ra25899a ↗
43. Xuan C, Peng Z, Wang J, Lei W, Xia K, Wu Z, Xiao W, Wang D (2017) Biomass derived nitrogen doped carbon with porous architecture as efficient electrode materials for supercapacitors. Chin Chem Lett 28:2227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cclet.2017.09.00910.1016/j.cclet.2017.09.009 ↗
44. Leng C, Sun K, Li J, Jiang J (2017) From dead pine needles to O, N codoped activated carbons by a one-step carbonization for high rate performance supercapacitors. ACS Sustain Chem Eng. 5:10474. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b0248110.1021/acssuschemeng.7b02481 ↗
45. Zhang D, Zheng L, Ma Y, Lei L, Li Q, Li Y, Luo H, Feng H, Hao Y (2014) Synthesis of nitrogen- and sulfur-codoped 3D cubic-ordered mesoporous carbon with superior performance in supercapacitors. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 6:2657. https://doi.org/10.1021/am405128j10.1021/am405128j ↗