Activated Carbon Bio-xerogels as Electrodes for Super Capacitors Applications

Zulamita Zapata-Benabithe; Giovanna Diossa; Chris D. Castro; Germán Quintana

doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2016.06.470

Activated Carbon Bio-xerogels as Electrodes for Super Capacitors Applications

Zulamita Zapata-Benabithe, Giovanna Diossa, Chris D. Castro, Germán Quintana

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The objectives of this work are to evaluate the use of the lignin as precursor of carbon xerogels and to determinate the effect of porosity and surface functionalities on the electrochemical capacitance of the activated carbon bio-xerogels. Lignin replaced the resorcinol at a mass fraction between 0 and 0.086 (wt%). The organic carbon xerogels are H₃PO₄-activated at H₃PO₄/carbon ratio of 1/1 at 450°C to increase pore volume and surface area. Gravimetric capacitance values at 0.125 A/g, in a three-cell configuration, ranged from 138 to 234 F/g. Sample with a 0.086 content of lignin showed the best electrochemical behavior, which was associated with the high BET surface area (1243 m²/g), high volume (W₀(N₂)= 0.518 cm³/g) and width micropores (L₀(N₂)= 1.43 nm) and to the presence of pseudo faradic effects.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	18-24
Number of pages	7
Journal	Procedia Engineering
Volume	148
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2016.06.470
State	Published - 2016
Event	4th International Conference on Process Engineering and Advanced Materials, ICPEAM 2016 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Duration: 15 Aug 2016 → 17 Aug 2016

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This work is part of the project Desarrollo de electrodos para supercondensadores a partir de xerogeles de carbono funcionalizados con lignina y triazina and is financed by COLCIENCIAS 658-2014 (Code: 121065842324). CDC acknowledges to COLCIENCIAS 2011 and UPB for doctoral study grant and financial support (Code: 113B-05/13-21). AUIP financed the international internship of CDC at Grupo de Investigacion de Materiales de Carbon, Universidad de Granada (Espana), where the electrochemical measurements were carried out.

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Activated carbon xerogels
Lignin
Supercapacitors

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