Biomass based nitrogen-doped structure-tunable versatile porous carbon materials

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (25) ◽  
pp. 12958-12968 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Zhou ◽  
Penglei Wang ◽  
Yagang Zhang ◽  
Lulu Wang ◽  
Letao Zhang ◽  
...  

Hierarchical nitrogen-doped porous carbons (HNPCs) with tunable pore structures and ultrahigh specific surface areas were designed and prepared from sustainable biomass precursor cellulose carbamate via simultaneous carbonization and activation by a facile one-pot approach.

RSC Advances ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (13) ◽  
pp. 6806-6813 ◽  
Author(s):  
Song Yan ◽  
Jingjing Lin ◽  
Ping Liu ◽  
Zhicheng Zhao ◽  
Jun Lian ◽  
...  

In this study, advanced nitrogen-doped porous carbon materials for supercapacitor was prepared using low-cost and environmentally friendly waste lotus stems (denoted as LS-NCs).


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 1618-1627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Schneidermann ◽  
Pascal Otto ◽  
Desirée Leistenschneider ◽  
Sven Grätz ◽  
Claudia Eßbach ◽  
...  

We developed an upcycling process of polyurethane obtaining porous nitrogen-doped carbon materials that were applied in supercapacitor electrodes. In detail, a mechanochemical solvent-free one-pot synthesis is used and combined with a thermal treatment. Polyurethane is an ideal precursor already containing nitrogen in its backbone, yielding nitrogen-doped porous carbon materials with N content values of 1–8 wt %, high specific surface area values of up to 2150 m2·g−1 (at a N content of 1.6 wt %) and large pore volume values of up to 0.9 cm3·g−1. The materials were tested as electrodes for supercapacitors in aqueous 1 M Li2SO4 electrolyte (100 F·g−1), organic 1 M TEA-BF4 (ACN, 83 F·g−1) and EMIM-BF4 (70 F·g−1).


Nanomaterials ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 854 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanbo Xiao ◽  
Cheng-an Tao ◽  
Yujiao Li ◽  
Xianzhe Chen ◽  
Jian Huang ◽  
...  

Herein, a facile dopamine assisted one-pot synthesis approach is proposed for the preparation of porous carbon with a specific surface area (SSA) up to 2593 m2/g through the direct pyrolysis of a mixture of glucose, NH4Cl, and dopamine hydrochloride (DAH). The glucose is adopted as the carbon source and foaming agent, NH4Cl is used as the blowing agent, and DAH is served as collaborative carbon precursor as well as the nitrogen source for the first time. The effect of dopamine on the component, structure, and SSA of the as-prepared porous carbon materials are systematically studied. The moderate addition of dopamine, which influences the condensation and polymerization of glucose, matches better with ammonium salt decomposition. The SSA of porous carbon increases first and then decreases with the increasing amount of dopamine. In our case, the porous carbon produced with 5 wt% dopamine (PC-5) achieves the maximum SSA of up to 2593 m2/g. Accordingly, it also shows the greatest electrochemical performance. The PC-5 shows a capacitance of 96.7 F/g calculated from the discharge curve at 1 A/g. It also has a good capacitive rate capacity, the specific capacitance can still maintain 80%, even at a high current density of 10 A/g. Moreover, PC-5 exhibits a good cycling stability of 98.1% capacitive retention after 1000 cycles. The proposed method may show promising prospects for preparing porous carbon materials as advanced energy storage materials, storage, and catalyst supports.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Ilnicka ◽  
Malgorzata Skorupska ◽  
Mariusz Szkoda ◽  
Zuzanna Zarach ◽  
Piotr Kamedulski ◽  
...  

AbstractIn this work, nitrogen-doped porous carbons obtained from chitosan, gelatine, and green algae were investigated in their role as supercapacitor electrodes. The effects of three factors on electrochemical performance have been studied—of the specific surface area, functional groups, and a porous structure. Varying nitrogen contents (from 5.46 to 10.08 wt.%) and specific surface areas (from 532 to 1095 m2 g−1) were obtained by modifying the carbon precursor and the carbonization temperature. Doping nitrogen into carbon at a level of 5.74–7.09 wt.% appears to be the optimum for obtaining high electrochemical capacitance. The obtained carbons exhibited high capacitance (231 F g−1 at 0.1 A g−1) and cycle durability in a 0.2 mol L−1 K2SO4 electrolyte. Capacitance retention was equal to 91% at 5 A g−1 after 10,000 chronopotentiometry cycles. An analysis of electrochemical behaviour reveals the influence that nitrogen functional groups have on pseudocapacitance. While quaternary-N and pyrrolic-N nitrogen groups have an enhancing effect, due to the presence of a positive charge and thus improved electron transfer at high current loads, the most important functional group affecting energy storage performance is graphite-N/quaternary-N. The study points out that the search for the most favourable organic precursors is as important as the process of converting precursors to carbon-based electrode materials.


2020 ◽  
Vol 115 ◽  
pp. 107856 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Zhang ◽  
Yang Ling ◽  
Yan Peng ◽  
Jiujun Zhang ◽  
Shiyou Guan

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (9) ◽  
pp. 669-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrii I. Kachmar ◽  
Volodymyra M. Boichuk ◽  
Ivan M. Budzulyak ◽  
Volodymyr O. Kotsyubynsky ◽  
Bogdan I. Rachiy ◽  
...  

Nanomaterials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao Xu ◽  
Maria Strømme

Porous carbon materials with tunable porosities and functionalities represent an important class of CO2 sorbents. The development of porous carbons from various types of biomass is a sustainable, economic and environmentally friendly strategy. Wood is a biodegradable, renewable, sustainable, naturally abundant and carbon-rich raw material. Given these advantages, the use of wood-based resources for the synthesis of functional porous carbons has attracted great interests. In this mini-review, we present the recent developments regarding sustainable porous carbons derived from wood-based biopolymers (cellulose, hemicelluloses and lignin) and their application in CO2 capture.


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