Wasted rose-derived porous carbons with unique hierarchical heteroatom-enriched structures as a high-performance supercapacitor electrode

High-quality and low-cost activated carbons (ACs) are highly considered as high-performance electrode materials for next-generation supercapacitors. Herein, self-heteroatom-doped nanoporous activated carbon (AC) powders were prepared from wasted rose flowers via two different activation approaches,...

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Published in:Journal of materials chemistry. A, Materials for energy and sustainability Materials for energy and sustainability, 2024-08, Vol.12 (33), p.22045-22060
Main Authors: Homayounfard, Amir Mahdi, Maleki, Mahdi, Banna Motejadded Emrooz, Hosein, Ghanbari, Hajar, Mohammadi, Samira, Shokrieh, Ahmad
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activated carbon
Capacitance
Electrochemical analysis
Electrochemistry
Electrode materials
Electrodes
Electrons
Graphitization
High resolution electron microscopy
Image resolution
Supercapacitors
Surface area
Transmission electron microscopy
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Summary:High-quality and low-cost activated carbons (ACs) are highly considered as high-performance electrode materials for next-generation supercapacitors. Herein, self-heteroatom-doped nanoporous activated carbon (AC) powders were prepared from wasted rose flowers via two different activation approaches, namely, a typical acidic approach with H 3 PO 4 (AC-T) and a green self-activation approach (AC-S). Based on morphological characterizations, the typical activation method resulted in ACs with a surface area of 1124 m 2 g −1 , while the ACs prepared by the AC-S method retained the initial hierarchical porous rose structure with a higher surface area of 1556 m 2 g −1 . High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) images revealed extensive graphitized regions in the porous microstructure of the AC-S powders. Electrochemical analysis results demonstrated an outstanding gravimetric capacitance of 539 F g −1 at 1 A g −1 for AC-S in a three-electrode system. In addition, the prepared electrode with AC-S exhibited excellent stability with 95.4% capacitance retention after 6000 cycles. The symmetric supercapacitor device based on this sample also exhibited a high gravimetric capacitance up to 365 F g −1 and an ultra-high energy density of 50.7 W h kg −1 at a power density of 500 W kg −1 .
ISSN:2050-7488
2050-7496
DOI:10.1039/D4TA03118K