Study on Preparation and Electrochemical Properties of Biomass-Derived Spherical Activated Carbon

Yuzhu Ma; Cong Zhou; Baojun Yu; Mingming Chen; Chengyang Wang

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Study on Preparation and Electrochemical Properties of Biomass-Derived Spherical Activated Carbon

Yuzhu Ma, Cong Zhou, Baojun Yu, Mingming Chen, Chengyang Wang

Published in American Journal of Modern Energy (Volume 4, Issue 4)

Received: 25 October 2018 Accepted: 4 December 2018 Published: 3 January 2019

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Abstract

Spherical activated carbon (SPs) with hierarchical porous structure was prepared via a simple solvent evaporation method followed by an activation process using leonardite humic acid (LHA) as carbon source. The surface morphologies and pore parameters of the as-prepared SPs were analyzed by scanning electron microscope (SEM) and N₂ physical adsorption-desorption instrument. The electrochemical performance of supercapacitors tested by galvanostatic charge-discharge (GCD), cyclic voltammograms (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) are conducted in both aqueous and organic electrolyte. The SPs with high specific surface area (2034 m² g^-1) and pore volume (1.24 cm³ g^-1) exhibit a superior higher specific capacitance of 319 F g^-1 at a current density of 0.05 A g^-1 in aqueous electrolyte compared with powdered activated carbon (SP1). In addition, SPs1 also exhibit a high initial specific capacitance of 154 F·g^-1 at 0.05 A·g^-1 and a higher capacitance retention of 96.4% than the bulked sample started from the same raw materials in organic electrolyte. These results suggest that the LHA-based spherical activated carbon should be a competitive and promising supercapacitor electrode material.

Published in	American Journal of Modern Energy (Volume 4, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajme.20180404.11
Page(s)	26-32
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Humic Acid, Spherical Activated Carbon, Pore Structure, Supercapacitors

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Yuzhu Ma, Cong Zhou, Baojun Yu, Mingming Chen, Chengyang Wang. Study on Preparation and Electrochemical Properties of Biomass-Derived Spherical Activated Carbon. Am J Mod Energy. 2019;4(4):26-32. doi: 10.11648/j.ajme.20180404.11

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Yuzhu Ma

Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, P. R. China
Cong Zhou

Key Laboratory for Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
Baojun Yu

Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, P. R. China
Mingming Chen

Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, P. R. China
Chengyang Wang

Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, P. R. China

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