Journal
WASTE MANAGEMENT
Volume 105, Issue -, Pages 492-500Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2020.02.042
Keywords
Hydrothermal; Carbon microsphere; Chemical activation; Supercapacitor; Porous carbon
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- Faculty of Science and Technology research fund
- Thammasat University
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Sequential potassium hydroxide (KOH)-phosphoric acid (H3PO4) activation was applied to biomass waste to fabricate activated carbon microspheres (mCMs) with a controllable porous structure. Carbon microspheres (CMs) were first synthesized from xylose using a bottom-up approach of hydrothermal carbonization. Sequential KOH and H3PO4 activation was applied to the CMs in a KOH-carbon solid reaction. This created pores, which were further enlarged by adsorption of H3PO4. The KOH:carbon (C) and H3PO4:C molar ratios, and the H3PO4 heating rate and activation time, were varied to investigate the effect on average pore size and pore distribution. A uniform porous structure was formed without destruction of the spherical shape, and an almost 700-fold increase in surface area was obtained over the nonactivated CMs. Following activation with H3PO4, phosphorous groups were found to be present at the surface of the carbon microspheres. The mCM was tested as a supercapacitor electrode and was shown to have a maximum specific capacitance of up to 277F g(-1). A Ragone plot showed the maximum power density to be 173.88 W Kg(-1). This increased specific capacitance was attributed to the increase in surface area and the presence of phosphorous-containing acid sites on the material surface. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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