Exothermically Efficient Exfoliation of Biomass Cellulose to Value-Added N-Doped Hierarchical Porous Carbon for Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalyst

2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (8) ◽  
pp. 3047-3059 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheong Kim ◽  
Chunyu Zhu ◽  
Yoshitaka Aoki ◽  
Hiroki Habazaki
2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 172456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jia-Jia Zhang ◽  
Hao-Xiang Fan ◽  
Xiao-Hu Dai ◽  
Shi-Jie Yuan

Digested sludge, as the main by-product of the sewage sludge anaerobic digestion process, still contains considerable organic compounds. In this protocol, we report a facile method for preparing digested sludge-derived self-doped porous carbon material for high-performance supercapacitor electrodes via a sustainable pyrolysis/activation process. The obtained digested sludge-derived carbon material (HPDSC) exhibits versatile O-, N-doped hierarchical porous framework, high specific surface area (2103.6 m 2  g −1 ) and partial graphitization phase, which can facilitate ion transport, provide more storage sites for electrolyte ions and enhance the conductivity of active electrode materials. The HPDSC-based supercapacitor electrodes show favourable energy storage performance, with a specific capacitance of 245 F g −1 at 1.0 A g −1 in 0.5 M Na 2 SO 4 ; outstanding cycling stability, with 98.4% capacitance retention after 2000 cycles; and good rate performance (211 F g −1 at 11 A g −1 ). This work provides a unique self-doped three-dimensional hierarchical porous carbon material with a favourable charge storage capacity and at the same time finds a high value-added and environment-friendly strategy for disposal and recycling of digested sludge.


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (14) ◽  
pp. 2000407 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Wang ◽  
Mingmei Wu ◽  
Kun Wang ◽  
Junwei Chen ◽  
Tongwen Yu ◽  
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