Preparation and electrochemical behaviour of biomass based porous carbons as electrodes for supercapacitors - a comparative investigation

Adinaveen Thambidurai; John Kennedy Lourdusamy; Judith Vijaya John; Sekaran Ganesan

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.31, No.2, 268-275, February, 2014

DOI10.1007/s11814-013-0228-z Export Citation

Preparation and electrochemical behaviour of biomass based porous carbons as electrodes for supercapacitors - a comparative investigation

Adinaveen Thambidurai, John Kennedy Lourdusamy^{1, †}, Judith Vijaya John, and Sekaran Ganesan²

Catalysis and Nanomaterials Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Loyola College, Chennai 600 034, India
¹Materials Division, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) University, Chennai Campus, Chennai 600 127, India
²Central Leather Research Institute, Adayar, Chennai 600 020, India, Korea

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We compared the relationship of the behavior and performance of sugarcane baggase and rice straw as supercapacitor electrodes. X-ray diffraction revealed the evolution of crystallites of carbon and silica during activation at higher temperature. The morphology of the carbon samples was determined by SEM. The surface area, pore volume, and pore size distribution of carbon composites were measured. The electrochemical responses were studied by using cyclic voltammetry experiment at 25 ℃ in a three-electrode configuration. The specific capacitance of the sugarcane bagasse carbon electrodes was in the range 92-340 F/g, whereas for rice straw, it was found to be 56-112 F/g at scan rates of 2-3 mV/s. The sugarcane bagasse carbon exhibited better performance than rice straw carbon using H2SO4 as the electrolyte. However, the results clearly show that lignocellulosic wastes possess a new biomass source of carbonaceous materials for high-performance supercapacitors.

Keywords:Porous Carbon;Surface Morphology;X-ray Diffraction;Supercapacitors

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[2] Simon P, Gogotsi Y, Nat. Mater., 7(11), 845 (2008)

[3] Pandolfo AG, Hollenkamp AF, J. Power Sources, 157(1), 11 (2006)

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[5] Pessoa JA, de Manchilha IM, Sato S, J. Ind. Microbio. Biotechnol., 18, 360 (1997)

[6] Robinson P, University of California Davis, Personal Communication (2006)

[7] Tsai WT, Chang CY, Lee SL, Carbon, 35, 1198 (1997)

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[9] Hayashi J, Toshihide H, Isao T, Katsuhiko M, Fard NA, Carbon, 40, 2381 (2002)

[10] Lim WC, Srinivasakannan C, Balasubramanian N, J. Anal. Appl. Pyrol., 88, 181 (2010)

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[12] Chun-Hisen H, Ruey AD, Micropor. Mesopor. Mater, 147, 47 (2012)

[13] Zhang F, Wang KX, Li GD, Chen JS, Electrochem. Commun., 11, 130 (2009)

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[15] Gregg SJ, Sing KSW, Adsorption, Surface Area and Porosity, Academic Press, London (1982)

[16] Pastor AC, Rodriguez R, Marsh H, Martinez MA, Carbon, 37, 1275 (1999)

[17] Liao CP, Wu CZ, Yanyongjie, Huang HT, Biomass Bioenerg., 27(2), 119 (2004)

[18] Van Soest PJ, Anim. Feed. Sci. Technol., 130, 137 (2006)

[19] Raveendran K, Anuraddha G, Kartick C, Khilar K, Fuel, 74, 1812 (1995)

[20] Yalcin N, Sevnic V, Ceram. Int., 27, 219 (2001)

[21] Chang HY, Yun HP, Chong RP, Carbon, 39, 559 (2001)

[22] Sing KSW, Pure. Appl. Chem., 54, 2201 (1982)

[23] Guo YP, Yang SF, Yu KF, Zhao JZ, Wang ZC, Xu HD, Mater. Chem. Phys., 74(3), 320 (2002)

[24] Fierro V, Muniz G, Basta AH, El-Saied H, Celzard A, J. Hazard. Mater., 181(1-3), 27 (2010)

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[26] Jeong E, Jung MJ, Lee YK, J. Fluorine Chem., 150, 98 (2013)

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[29] Subramanian V, Luo C, Stephan AM, Nahm KS, Thomas S, Wei B, J. Phys. Chem. C, 111, 7527 (2007)

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