Orange-Peel-Derived Carbon: Designing Sustainable and High-Performance Supercapacitor Electrodes
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
3. Experimental
3.1. Preparation of Orange-Peel-Derived Porous Carbon
3.2. Structural Characterization
3.3. Electrochemical Measurements
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample | SBET a (m2/g) | Vtotal b (cm3/g) | Dave c (nm) |
---|---|---|---|
OPAC-0.5 | 1004 | 0.52 | 1.69 |
OPAC-1 | 1391 | 0.72 | 1.59 |
OPAC-2 | 1960 | 1.01 | 1.45 |
OPAC-3 | 2521 | 1.30 | 1.04 |
OPUAC | 0.852 | 0.0004 | 1.16 |
Carbon Source | BET Surface Area (m2/g) | Specific Capacitance (F/g) | Current Density (A/g) | Electrolyte | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pitch | 2602 | 263 | 0.05 | 6 M KOH | [59] |
Porous starch | 3251 | 304 | 0.05 | 6 M KOH | [60] |
Celtuce leaves | 3404 | 421 | 0.5 | 2 M KOH | [61] |
Sago bark | 58 | 113 | 0.02 | 5 M KOH | [62] |
Corn straw | 1413 | 379 | 0.05 | 6 M KOH | [63] |
Bamboo | 3061 | 258 | 0.1 | 6 M KOH | [64] |
Oil palm kernel shell | 462 | 210 | 0.5 | 1 M KOH | [48] |
Rice husk | 2696 | 147 | 0.1 | 6 M KOH | [65] |
Ramie | 1616 | 287 | 0.05 | 6 M KOH | [66] |
Camellia oleifera shell | 1935 | 266 | 0.2 | 6 M KOH | [67] |
Soybean residue | 1950 | 261 | 0.2 | 1 M H2SO4 | [25] |
Neem dead leaves | 1230 | 400 | 0.5 | 1 M H2SO4 | [14] |
Orange peel | 1391 | 407 | 0.5 | 3 M KOH | This work |
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Ranaweera, C.K.; Kahol, P.K.; Ghimire, M.; Mishra, S.R.; Gupta, R.K. Orange-Peel-Derived Carbon: Designing Sustainable and High-Performance Supercapacitor Electrodes. C 2017, 3, 25. https://doi.org/10.3390/c3030025
Ranaweera CK, Kahol PK, Ghimire M, Mishra SR, Gupta RK. Orange-Peel-Derived Carbon: Designing Sustainable and High-Performance Supercapacitor Electrodes. C. 2017; 3(3):25. https://doi.org/10.3390/c3030025
Chicago/Turabian StyleRanaweera, C. K., P. K. Kahol, M. Ghimire, S. R. Mishra, and Ram K. Gupta. 2017. "Orange-Peel-Derived Carbon: Designing Sustainable and High-Performance Supercapacitor Electrodes" C 3, no. 3: 25. https://doi.org/10.3390/c3030025