Journal article
Controlling porosity in lignin-derived nanoporous carbon for supercapacitor applications
ChemSusChem, Vol.8(3), pp.428-432
02/2015
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/105983
PMID: 25339600
Abstract
Low-cost renewable lignin has been used as a precursor to produce porous carbons. However, to date, it has not been easy to obtain high surface area porous carbon without activation processes or templating agents. Here, we demonstrate that low molecular weight lignin yields highly porous carbon with more graphitization through direct carbonization without additional activation processes or templating agents. We found that molecular weight and oxygen consumption during carbonization are critical factors to obtain high surface area, graphitized porous carbons. This highly porous carbon from low-cost renewable lignin sources is a good candidate for supercapacitor electrode materials.
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- Title
- Controlling porosity in lignin-derived nanoporous carbon for supercapacitor applications
- Creators
- Ju-Won Jeon - Energy and Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Boulevard, Richland, WA 99354 (USA); Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 3122 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-3122 (USA)Libing ZhangJodie L LutkenhausDhrubojyoti D LaskarJohn P LemmonDaiwon ChoiManjula I NandasiriAli HashmiJie XuRadha K MotkuriCarlos A FernandezJian LiuMelvin P TuckerPeter B McGrailBin YangSatish K Nune
- Publication Details
- ChemSusChem, Vol.8(3), pp.428-432
- Academic Unit
- Biological Systems Engineering, Department of
- Publisher
- Germany
- Identifiers
- 99900546779901842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article