Activated Biomass-derived Graphene-based Carbons for Supercapacitors with High Energy and Power Density

Sunghoon Jung; Yusik Myung; Bit Na Kim; In Gyoo Kim; In-Kyu You; TaeYoung Kim

doi:10.1038/s41598-018-20096-8

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Activated Biomass-derived Graphene-based Carbons for Supercapacitors with High Energy and Power Density

Sunghoon Jung

Yusik Myung Bit Na Kim In Gyoo Kim

In-Kyu You TaeYoung Kim

Scientific Reports Vol. 8 No. 1 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Abstract

AbstractHere, we present a facile and low-cost method to produce hierarchically porous graphene-based carbons from a biomass source. Three-dimensional (3D) graphene-based carbons were produced through continuous sequential steps such as the formation and transformation of glucose-based polymers into 3D foam-like structures and their subsequent carbonization to form the corresponding macroporous carbons with thin graphene-based carbon walls of macropores and intersectional carbon skeletons. Physical and chemical activation was then performed on this carbon to create micro- and meso-pores, thereby producing hierarchically porous biomass-derived graphene-based carbons with a high Brunauer-Emmett-Teller specific surface area of 3,657 m2 g−1. Owing to its exceptionally high surface area, interconnected hierarchical pore networks, and a high degree of graphitization, this carbon exhibited a high specific capacitance of 175 F g−1 in ionic liquid electrolyte. A supercapacitor constructed with this carbon yielded a maximum energy density of 74 Wh kg−1 and a maximum power density of 408 kW kg−1, based on the total mass of electrodes, which is comparable to those of the state-of-the-art graphene-based carbons. This approach holds promise for the low-cost and readily scalable production of high performance electrode materials for supercapacitors.

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Sunghoon Jung, Yusik Myung, Bit Na Kim, et al. (2018). Activated Biomass-derived Graphene-based Carbons for Supercapacitors with High Energy and Power Density. Scientific Reports, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-20096-8

Activated Biomass-derived Graphene-based Carbons for Supercapacitors with High Energy and Power Density

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