Pore size distribution control of pitch-based activated carbon for improvement of electrochemical property

Eun-sam Cho; Byong Chol Bai; Ji Sun Im; Chul Wee Lee; Seok Kim

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.35, 341-346, March, 2016

DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2016.01.012 Export Citation

Pore size distribution control of pitch-based activated carbon for improvement of electrochemical property

Eun-sam Cho^{1, 2}, Byong Chol Bai^{1, 3}, Ji Sun Im^{1, 4, †}, Chul Wee Lee^{1, 4}, and Seok Kim²

¹C-Industry Incubation Center, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), Daejeon 305-600, Republic of Korea
²Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Republic of Korea
³, Korea
⁴University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon 305-333, Republic of Korea

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Activated carbon has been prepared using coal tar pitch as a precursor with a simple NaOH activation process. The effect of the activation on the porosity and the specific surface area is characterized by nitrogen adsorption.desorption isotherms. The highest specific surface area of 1409.7 m2 g-1 is obtained with a NaOH to pitch ratio of 6. Its specific capacitance is 287.43 F g-1 at the scan rate 50 mV s-1, 197.78 F g-1 at the current density 1 A g-1, and it has outstanding energy density of 16.34 Wh kg-1. Thus, pitch-based AC is a promising material for various energy storage devices.

Keywords:Coal tar pitch;Activated carbon;Electrochemical analysis;Capacitor;Electrode

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[Referenced By]

[1] Fitzer E, Kochling KH, Marsh H, Pure Appl. Chem., 67, 473 (1995)

[2] Marsh H, Heintz EA, Rodriguez-Reinoso F, Introduction to Carbon Technologies, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain, 1997.

[3] Rocha VG, Granda M, Santamarıa R, Blanco C, Diestre EI, Menendez R, J. Anal. Appl. Pyrolysis, 73, 276 (2005)

[4] Slovak V, Susak P, J. Anal. Appl. Pyrolysis, 72, 249 (2000)

[5] Mitani S, Lee SI, Yoon SH, Korai Y, Mochida I, J. Power Sources, 133(2), 298 (2004)

[6] Gryglewicz G, Machnikowski J, Lorenc-Grabowska E, Lota G, Frackowiak E, Electrochim. Acta, 50(5), 1197 (2005)

[7] Weng TC, Teng HS, J. Electrochem. Soc., 148(4), A368 (2001)

[8] Lozano-Castello D, Cazorla-Amoros D, Linares-Solano A, Shi-raishi S, Kurihara H, Oya A, Carbon, 41, 1765 (2003)

[9] Shi H, Electrochim. Acta, 41(10), 1633 (1996)

[10] Qu DY, Shi H, J. Power Sources, 74(1), 99 (1998)

[11] Guo Y, Shi Z, Chen M, Wang C, J. Power Sources, 252, 235 (2014)

[12] Acik M, Mattevi C, Gong C, Lee G, Cho K, Chhowalla M, Chabal YJ, ACS Nano, 4, 5861 (2010)

[13] Zhu HM, Yan JH, Jiang XG, Lai YE, Cen KF, J. Hazard. Mater., 153(1-2), 670 (2008)

[14] Kim SU, Lee KH, Chem. Phys. Lett., 400(1-3), 253 (2004)

[15] Condon JB, Surface Area and Porosity Determinations by Physisorption: Measurements and Theory, Elsevier, The Netherlands, 2006.

[16] Yu HR, Cho S, Jung MJ, Lee YS, Microporous Mesoporous Mater., 172, 131 (2013)

[17] Chmiola J, Yushin G, Gogotsi Y, Portet C, Simon P, Taberna PL, Science, 313, 1760 (2006)

[18] Baughman RH, Zakhidov AA, de Heer WA, Science, 297, 787 (2002)

[19] Frackowiak E, J. Braz. Chem. Soc., 17, 1074 (2006)

[20] Raymundo-Pinero E, Kierzek K, Machnikowski J, Beguin F, Carbon, 44, 2498 (2006)

[21] Wang DW, Li F, Liu M, Lu GQ, Cheng HM, Angew. Chem.-Int. Edit., 120, 379 (2008)

[22] Park S, Kim S, Electrochim. Acta, 89, 516 (2013)

[23] Zhang Q, Li Y, Feng Y, Feng W, Electrochim. Acta, 90, 95 (2012)

[24] Chen K, Xue D, J. Nanoeng. Nanomanuf., 4, 55 (2014)

[25] Yan J, Liu J, Fan Z, Wei T, Zhang L, Carbon, 50, 2179 (2012)

[26] Xu B, Wu F, Chen RJ, Cao GP, Chen S, Yang YS, J. Power Sources, 195(7), 2118 (2010)