Preparation of Hierarchically Porous Graphitic Carbon Spheres and Their Applications in Supercapacitors and Dye Adsorption
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
2.1. Preparation of HGCS
2.2. Sample Characterization
2.3. Electrochemical Measurement
2.4. Adsorption Test
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Effect of Heating Temperature on Graphitization
3.2. Effect of Catalyst Content on Graphitization
3.3. Effect of Soaking Time on Graphitization
3.4. Microstructural Characterization of As-Prepared HGCS
3.5. Electrochemical Performance of as Prepared HGCS
3.6. Adsorption Capacity of As-Prepared HGCS for MB
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Samples | Langmuir | Freundlich | Pseudo-First-Order | Pseudo-Second-Order | ||||||||
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Q0 | B | R2 | KF | N | R2 | Qe | K1 | R2 | Qe | K2 | R2 | |
CS | 15.4 | 0.024 | 0.95 | 0.38 | 1.21 | 0.95 | 47.4 | 0.336 | 0.969 | 5.05 | 0.283 | 0.999 |
HGCS | 182.8 | 0.019 | 0.98 | 3.6 | 1.19 | 0.97 | 47.4 | 0.337 | 0.968 | 51.6 | 0.0125 | 0.995 |
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Li, S.; Li, F.; Wang, J.; Tian, L.; Zhang, H.; Zhang, S. Preparation of Hierarchically Porous Graphitic Carbon Spheres and Their Applications in Supercapacitors and Dye Adsorption. Nanomaterials 2018, 8, 625. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano8080625
Li S, Li F, Wang J, Tian L, Zhang H, Zhang S. Preparation of Hierarchically Porous Graphitic Carbon Spheres and Their Applications in Supercapacitors and Dye Adsorption. Nanomaterials. 2018; 8(8):625. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano8080625
Chicago/Turabian StyleLi, Saisai, Faliang Li, Junkai Wang, Liang Tian, Haijun Zhang, and Shaowei Zhang. 2018. "Preparation of Hierarchically Porous Graphitic Carbon Spheres and Their Applications in Supercapacitors and Dye Adsorption" Nanomaterials 8, no. 8: 625. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano8080625