화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.60, 431-440, April, 2018
DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2017.11.030  Export Citation
A metal-free and non-precious multifunctional 3D carbon foam for high-energy density supercapacitors and enhanced power generation in microbial fuel cells
Sandesh Y. Sawant1, Thi Hiep Han1, Sajid Ali Ansari1, 2, Jun Ho Shim3, Anh Thi Nguyet Nguyen3, Jae-Jin Shim1, and Moo Hwan Cho1, †
  • 1School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk 38541, Republic of Korea
  • 2Department of Energy and Materials Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul 100-715, Republic of Korea
  • 3Department of Chemistry, Daegu University, Gyeongsan, Republic of Korea
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This paper reports the synthesis of N-doped carbon foams (NCFs) using simple, environment-friendly, and self-developed freezing method. A robust structure of NCFs along with high surface area, hierarchical pore structure, and nitrogen/oxygen functionalities allows their application as free-standing electrode. Microbial fuel cell equipped with differently prepared NCFs as free-standing anode and metal-free cathode generates significantly higher power density, 35.74 W m-3 than conventional electrodes. Furthermore, NCF with an optimized resorcinol-formaldehyde content shows significantly high-charge storage capacity, 799 F g-1, at 0.25 A g-1 and also delivers a high energy density, 111 Wh kg-1, equivalent to that of a Li-ion battery.
Keywords:N-doped carbon foams;Bioelectrochemical system;Solid-state symmetric supercapacitor;Oxygen reduction reaction
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