Scalable preparation of hierarchical porous activated carbon/graphene composites for high-performance supercapacitors

Autor: Hongwei Zhu, Yunkai Shi, Jianning Gan, Qianming Gong, Yang Shao, Mouyi Weng, Ming Zhao, Daming Zhuang, Feng Pan, Ce-Wen Nan, Dazhi Wang, Ji Liang, Yilun Huang, Yuyao Li
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 7:10058-10066
ISSN: 2050-7496
2050-7488
DOI: 10.1039/c9ta00353c
Popis: Hierarchical porous activated carbon particles covered with graphene were prepared by spray-drying a GO/maltodextrin aqueous suspension followed by carbonization and activation. The as-prepared core–shell particles had a high specific surface area (up to 2457 m2 g−1) and exhibited an outstanding specific capacitance (up to 405 F g−1 at 0.2 A g−1, 299 F g−1 at 1 A g−1 and 199 F g−1 at 50 A g−1) along with excellent cycling stability, high energy density and power density in a KOH electrolyte. Moreover, the spontaneous formation of the core–shell structure during the spray-drying process was verified by DFT calculations with the support of XPS chemical analysis and TEM characterization. This designable and controllable strategy of spray-drying could be introduced to design and develop new composite materials with a core–shell structure for potential applications in energy storage, catalysis and adsorption.
Databáze: OpenAIRE