A facile synthesis of hierarchical porous carbon derived from renewable lignin for high-performance supercapacitor

In this work, we proposed a facile one-pot pyrolysis method to conveniently manufacture lignin-derived carbon materials with graded porous construction for use in supercapacitors. The renewable lignin was selected as precursor, while the potassium citrate was used as a pore-forming agent. The properties of the prepared lignin-derived carbon (LAC) and the performance for supercapacitor application were thoroughly evaluated. The LAC at optimal preparation conditions shows a layered porous structure with a large specific surface area of 3174 cm² g⁻¹ and pore volume of 2.796 cm³ g⁻¹, where the specific capacitance reach to 241 F g⁻¹ at 1 A g⁻¹ scan rate in 6 M KOH electrolyte solution. At the same time, the specific capacitance remains at 220 F g⁻¹ even at an excessive scan velocity of 20 A g⁻¹, while the capacitance retention is still close to 91.3%. The capacitance retention rate is stable above 95% after 10,000 charge/discharge cycles, which shows the desired long-time stability. All these results demonstrate the outstanding properties of the new prepared LAC material and the considerable application potential in the field of electrical energy storage.     

One-step synthesis of hierarchical porous γ-alumina with high surface area

Hierarchical porous γ-alumina is successfully fabricated from a precursor solution consisting of surfactants, polystyrene (PS) spheres, inorganic salts and solvents. After calcinations, uniform macropores are closely packed. The macropore size coincides with the original PS sphere size. These macropores are connected by small windows. In addition, the macropore walls have mesoporous structures, as confirmed by SAXS measurement and TEM observation. After calcination at 900 °C, the amorphous alumina frameworks are converted to the crystallized γ-alumina phase. Even after crystallization, the existence of uniform mesopores and high surface are well retained, though the mesoporous ordering is lower.     

One-step template carbonization-activation synthesis of nitrogen-doped hierarchical porous carbon for supercapacitors

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry - Nitrogen-doped hierarchical porous carbon with a high-specific surface area has been successfully synthesized via a one-step template...     

Highly active N,O-doped hierarchical porous carbons for high-energy supercapacitors

Highly active N, O-doped hierarchical porous carbons (NOCs) are fabricated through the in-situ polymerization and pyrolysis of o-tolidine and p-benzoquinone. As-prepared NOCs have a variety of faradaic-active species (N-6, N-5 and O-I), high ion-accessible platform (1799 m²/g) and hierarchically micro–meso–macro porous architecture. Consequently, the resultant NOC electrode delivers an advantageous specific capacitance (311 F/g), with a pseudocapacitive contribution of 37% in a three-electrode configuration, and an enhanced energy output of 18.0 Wh/kg @ 350 W/kg owing to the enlarged faradaic effect in an aqueous redox-active cell. Besides, a competitive energy density (74.9 Wh/kg) and high-potential durability (87.8%) are achieved in an ionic liquid (EMIMBF₄)-assembled device. This study sheds light on a straightforward avenue to optimize the faradaic activity and nanoarchitecture for advanced supercapacitors.     

Hierarchical porous carbon derived from Allium cepa for supercapacitors through direct carbonization method with the assist of calcium acetate

Hierarchical porous carbon was prepared from onion through a direct carbonization method and it was used as suercapacitor electrode material.     

Mesopore-dominant porous carbon derived from bio-tars as an electrode material for high-performance supercapacitors

For the first time, toxic bio-tars collected from the gasification of pine sawdust are used as the precursor for activated carbons. Various types of activation agents including KOH, K₂CO₃, H₃PO₄ and ZnCl₂ were screened for obtaining superior activated carbons. When KOH was used as an activation agent, the obtained activated carbons exhibited high specific surface area and large mesopore volume. The activated carbons were further employed to be the electrode material of supercapacitors, and its specific capacitance reached up to 260 F g^?1 at 0.25 A g^?1 current density. Also, it showed an excellent rate performance from preserving a relatively high specific capacitance of 151 F g^?1 at 50 A g^?1. The assembled device also exhibited the good electrochemical stability with the capacity retention of 90% after 5000 cycles. Furthermore, the maximum energy density of the activated carbons in organic electrolyte reached 17.8 Wh kg^?1.     

Synthesis and electrochemical performance of high surface area hierarchical porous carbon with ultrahigh mesoporosity for high-performance supercapacitors

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry - Hierarchical porous carbons (HPCs) with both high Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) surface area and high mesoporosity have been synthesized by...     

Hierarchical porous nanofibers of carbon@nickel oxide nanoparticles derived from polymer/block copolymer system

The triblock copolymer (PAA-b-PAN-b-PAA) is prepared by reversible addition-fragmentation chain-transfer polymerization, and then blended with polymer (PAN) and metal hydroxide (Ni(OH)₂) as a precursor for heat-treatment. A composite material of hierarchical porous nanofibers and nickel oxide nanoparticles (HPCF@NiO) is prepared by electrospinning combined with high-temperature carbonization. The effects of the ratio of PAA and PAA-b-PAN-b-PAA on the internal structure of nanofibers and their electrochemical properties as positive electrode materials are investigated. The experimental results show that when the ratio of PAA to PAA-b-PAN-b-PAA is 1.3 to 0.4, it has good pore structure and excellent electrochemical performance. At the current density of 1 A/g, the specific capacitance is 188.7 F/g and the potential window is −1 V to 0.37 V. The asymmetric supercapacitor assembled with activated carbon as the negative electrode materials has a specific capacitance of 21.2 F/g in 2 mol/L KOH and a capacitance retention of 85.7% after 12,500 cycles at different current density.     

Peony pollen derived nitrogen-doped activated carbon for supercapacitor application

Peony pollen is a cheap and readily available biomass material with a relatively high protein content.In this work,it was employed as an N-rich precursor to prepare the nitrogen-doped porous carbon for supercapacitor application.The porous carbon microspheres were prepared through a hydrothermal method and subsequent carbonization process.Notably,ammonium borofruoride and potassium hydroxide were employed respectively as an etchant and an activator to modify the porosity of the materials.The as prepared ANPPCs-700 has a super high BET specific surface area of 824.69 m~2/g.The microstructure,chemical state and electrochemical properties of the product were investigated in detail.The prepared nitrogen-doped carbon microspheres exhibits excellent specific capacity of 209 F/g at a current density of lA/g and remained 92.5% of the initial capacitance after 5000 deep cycles at 5 A/g.     

Facile synthesis of biomass-derived hierarchical porous carbon microbeads for supercapacitors

Using the facile method of solvent evaporation, the leonardite fulvic acids (LFA)-based porous carbon microbeads (PCM) have been successfully prepared at ambient pressure, followed by carbonization and KOH activation (a low mass ratio alkali/LFA = 1.5) in an inert atmosphere. The effects of KOH treatment on pore structures and the formation mechanism of the PCM were discussed. The results showed that the sample exhibited remarkable improvement in textural properties. The activated carbon microbeads had high surface area (2269 m² g^?1), large pore volume (1.97 cm³ g^?1), and displayed excellent capacitive performances, compared with carbon powder. The porous carbon material electrodes with the “porous core structure” behaved superiorly at a specific capacitance of 320 F g^?1 at a current density of 0.05 A g^?1 in 6 M KOH electrolyte, which could still remain 193 F g^?1 when the current density increased to 100 A g^?1. Remarkably, in the 1 M TEABF₄/PC electrolyte, the PCM samples could reach 156 F g^?1 at 0.05 A g^?1, possess an outstanding energy density of 39.50 Wh kg^?1, and maintain at 22.05 Wh kg^?1 even when the power density rose up to 5880 W kg^?1. The balance of structural characteristic and high performance makes the porous carbon microbeads a competitive and promising supercapacitor electrode material.     

Facile synthesis of nitrogen-doped graphene aerogels functionalized with chitosan for supercapacitors with excellent electrochemical performance

Three-dimensional porous nitrogen-doped graphene aerogels (NGAs) were synthesized by using graphene oxide (GO) and chitosan via a self-assembly process by a rapid method. The morphology and structure of the as-prepared aerogels were characterized. The results showed that NGAs possesed the hierarchical pores with the wide size distribution ranging from mesopores to macropores. The NGAs carbonized at different temperature all showed excellent electrochemical performance in 6 mol/L KOH electrolyte and the electrochemical performance of the NGA-900 was the best. When working as a supercapacitor electrode, NGA-900 exhibited a high specific capacitance (244.4 F/g at a current density of 0.2 A/g), superior rate capability (51.0% capacity retention) and excellent cycling life (96.2% capacitance retained after 5000 cycles).     

Phenylenediamine-formaldehyde chemistry derived N-doped hollow carbon spheres for high-energy-density supercapacitors

Porous carbon spheres represent an ideal family of electrode materials forsupercapacitors because of the high surface area,ideal conductivity,negligible aggregation,and ability to achieve space efficient packing.However,the development of new synthetic methods towards porous carbon spheres still remains a great challenge.Herein,N-doped hollow carbon spheres with an ultrahigh surface area of2044 m²/g have been designed based on the phenylenediamine-formaldehyde chemistry.When applied in symmetric supercapacitors with ionic electrolyte(EMIBF_4),the obtained N-doped hollow carbon spheres demonstrate a high capacitance of 234 F/g,affording an ultrahigh energy density of 114.8 Wh/kg.Excellent cycling stability has also been achieved.The impressive capacitive performances make the phenylenediamine-formaldehyde resin derived N-doped carbon a promising candidate electrode material for supercapacitors.     

超高比表面积氮掺杂多孔碳材料的制备及其超级电容性能

以蔗糖为碳源、尿素为氮源、草酸钾为活化剂,通过简单的研磨和高温碳化制备了具有超高比表面积(大于3 000 m²·g^-1)的氮掺杂多孔碳材料。采用多种手段对多孔碳材料的微观形貌、比表面积、孔结构和表面氮物种进行了表征,探究了不同温度下草酸钾和尿素对碳材料的比表面积、氮含量和超级电容性能的影响。结果表明,仅使用草酸钾作为活化剂制备的碳材料KC-800的比表面积为1 114 m²·g^-1,而同时使用草酸钾和尿素制备的样品KNC-800的比表面积高达3 033 m²·g^-1。在以6.0mol·L^-1 KOH为电解液的三电极体系中,当电流密度为0.5 A·g^-1时,KNC-800的比电容为405 F·g^-1,而KC-800的比电容仅为248 F·g^-1。这表明草酸钾和尿素的加入显著提高了多孔碳材料的比表面积和超级电容性能。电容贡献分析表明,KNC-800的双电层电容值和赝电容值均...     

超高比表面积氮掺杂多孔碳材料的制备及其超级电容性能

以蔗糖为碳源,尿素为氮源,草酸钾为活化剂,通过简单的研磨和高温碳化制备了具有超高比表面积(大于3 000 m²·g^-1)的氮掺杂多孔碳材料。采用多种手段对多孔碳材料的微观形貌、比表面积、孔结构和表面氮物种进行了表征,探究了不同温度下草酸钾和尿素对碳材料的比表面积、氮含量和超级电容性能的影响。结果表明,仅使用草酸钾作为活化剂制备的碳材料KC-800 的比表面积为 1 114 m2·g^-1,而同时使用草酸钾和尿素制备的样品 KNC-800 的比表面积高达 3 033 m²·g^-1。在以 6.0mol·L^-1 KOH 为电解液的三电极体系中,当电流密度为 0.5 A·g^-1时,KNC-800 的比电容为 405 F·g^-1,而 KC-800 的比电容仅为248 F·g^-1。这表明草酸钾和尿素的加入显著提高了多孔碳材料的比表面积和超级电容性能。电容贡献分析表明,KNC-800的双电层电容值和赝电容值均高于KC-800。KNC-800在电流密度为0.5 A·g^-1时经过10 000次循环后仍能保持98.3%的初始比电容,表现出优异的循环性能。     

Determination of aflatoxin B1 by biomass derived porous carbon modified electrode with molecularly imprinted polymer

Aflatoxin determination is imperative among agricultural and food products as the pollution of the toxic aflatoxin could cause severe hazards towards animals and human beings. Here, we prepared Elaeagnus gum derived porous carbon material as electrode modified material. In situ electropolymerization of molecularly imprinted polymer utilizing phenol as monomer and aflatoxin B₁ as target template was further processed onto the porous carbon surface to achieve aflatoxin B₁ sensing ability. This sensitive MIP sensor has a detection range from 5 pM to 100 pM of aflatoxin B₁, an electrochemical sensitivity of 82.4 μA log(pM)⁻¹ cm⁻² with a detection limit of 1.7 pM, and a recovery rate of real sample measurement is 98.21 %. Good selectivity, fair repeatability and stability was confirmed. This work demonstrates the promising application of Elaeagnus gum derived porous carbon modified electrode sensor for food and drug monitoring.     

Preparation of a magnetic porous carbon with hierarchical structures from waste biomass for the extraction of some carbamates

In this study, corn stalk was used to synthesize a magnetic adsorbent by pyrolysis together with KHCO₃ as the chemical activator and iron(III) salt as the magnetic reagent. The characterization by scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy and N₂ adsorption–desorption analysis showed that the magnetic carbon adsorbent had a structure of hierarchical pores with a high specific surface area. To evaluate its adsorption performance, the adsorbent was used for the extraction of carbamates pesticides (propoxur, isoprocarb and fenobucarb) from water and zucchini samples before high‐performance liquid chromatography analysis. The result showed that the adsorbent had a good adsorption capability for the analytes. Under the optimized conditions, a good linearity for the analytes existed in the range of 0.1–100.0 ng/mL for water samples and 0.5–100.0 ng/g for zucchini samples with the correlation coefficients of 0.9992–0.9998. The limits of detection for the analytes at a signal to noise ratio of 3 were 0.03 ng/mL for water samples and 0.20–0.50 ng/g for zucchini samples.     

Humic acid‐derived hierarchical porous carbon preparation using vacuum freeze‐drying for electric double layer capacitors

Electric double layer capacitors (EDLCs) preserve charge by reversible physisorption of electrolyte ions on the surface of porous active materials. Therefore, engineering a reasonable pore structure and reducing oxygen‐containing groups of carbon materials are efficient approaches to enable rapid ion diffusion pathways and long life span, respectively. Here, humic acid (HA)‐derived hierarchical porous carbon was fabricated by vacuum freeze‐drying, KOH activation, and subsequent annealing. The macropores were generated from the vacancies where the ice crystals in the HA–KOH gels initially occupied during vacuum‐freeze drying, while abundant micropores were created from homogeneous KOH activation. In addition, subsequent annealing further reduced the oxygen‐containing groups. When used as EDLC electrodes in 1 mol/L TEABF₄/PC organic electrolyte, they could give a high capacitance of 150 F/g at 0.05 A/g and excellent rate performance of 81% (with capacitance of 121.46 F/g at 10 A/g). More importantly, the hierarchical porous carbon displays superior capacity retention of 85.6% after 10,000 cycles at 1 A/g at 2.7 V.     

Biomass derived nitrogen doped carbon with porous architecture as efficient electrode materials for supercapacitors

Developing porous carbon materials with low-cost, sustainable and eco-friendly natural resources is emerging as an ever important research field in the application of high-performance supercapacitor. In this paper, a simple synthetic method to fabricate nitrogen doped porous carbon(NPC) is developed via a one-pot carbonization of sodium alginate and urea. The as-prepared NPC annealed at 700℃ with mesoand macro-porous structure exhibits excellent specific capacitance(180.2 F/g at 1 A/g) and superior cycling life when serves as electrode materials for supercapacitor. Moreover, the investigation on the annealing temperature demonstrates that NPC pyrolysis at 700℃ possesses relatively high pyrrole nitrogen and pyridine nitrogen, which is favorable for enhancing supercapacitor performance. This work extends biomass derived carbon materials in energy storage applications.     

低成本硫掺杂多孔碳材料的制备及其超级电容性能

以廉价的胶态二氧化硅为模板,蔗糖为碳源,硫酸为预碳化试剂和硫源,通过硬模板法制备了相对廉价的硫掺杂多孔碳(SSC-T,T℃代表碳化温度)材料。采用多种表征方法对多孔碳材料的微观形貌、孔道结构、比表面积和表面硫物种进行了表征,探究了硫酸和碳化温度对多孔碳材料的微观形貌、孔道结构和比表面积的影响。结果表明,碳化温度对碳的孔结构、比表面积和硫元素的含量有显著的影响,其中900℃碳化得到的样品SSC-900具有最大的比表面积、孔体积和比电容,远高于未加入硫酸制备的碳材料SC-900,表明硫酸的加入可以提高碳材料的比表面积、孔体积,进而提高碳材料的比电容。与昂贵的有序介孔碳CMK-3相比,SSC-900具有成本更低、孔径更大和电容性能更好的优点。在以6.0 mol·L^-1 KOH为电解质的三电极体系中,在0.5 A·g^-1的电流密度下,SSC-900的比电容可以达到357 F·g^-1,而SC-900和CMK-3的比电容分别仅为152和266 F·g^-1。电容贡献分析表明,SSC-900的双层电容值和赝电容值均高于SC-900。此外,SSC-900在0.5 A·g^-1的电流密度下循环10 000次后仍能保持98.4%的初始比电容。     

低成本硫掺杂多孔碳材料的制备及其超级电容性能

以廉价的胶态二氧化硅为模板，蔗糖为碳源，硫酸为预碳化试剂和硫源，通过硬模板法制备了相对廉价的硫掺杂多孔碳(SSC-T，T℃代表碳化温度)材料。采用多种表征方法对多孔碳材料的微观形貌、孔道结构、比表面积和表面硫物种进行了表征，探究了硫酸和碳化温度对多孔碳材料的微观形貌、孔道结构和比表面积的影响。结果表明，碳化温度对碳的孔结构、比表面积和硫元素的含量有显著的影响，其中900℃碳化得到的样品SSC-900具有最大的比表面积、孔体积和比电容，远高于未加入硫酸制备的碳材料SC-900，表明硫酸的加入可以提高碳材料的比表面积、孔体积，进而提高碳材料的比电容。与昂贵的有序介孔碳CMK-3相比，SSC-900具有成本更低、孔径更大和电容性能更好的优点。在以6.0 mol·L^-1 KOH为电解质的三电极体系中，在0.5 A·g^-1的电流密度下，SSC-900的比电容可以达到357 F·g^-1，而SC-900和CMK-3的比电容分别仅为152和266 F·g^-1。电容贡献分析表明，SSC-900的双层电容值和赝电容值均高于SC-900。此外，SSC-900在0.5 A·g^-1的电流密度下循环10 000次后仍能保持98.4%的初始比电容。