Performance of carbon based on chicken feather with KOH activation as an anode for Li-ion batteries

In this research, a carbonized chicken feather taken from poultry waste for anode materials was prepared using the pyrolysis method. The activation process is carried out to improve carbon performance for battery applications. While the activation process of carbon utilized KOH variations (1 M, 3 M, and 5 M) which was pyrolyzed at 700 ?. In addition, the surface area, crystalline structures, and morphologies of the activated carbonized chicken feather (CFCAs) were investigated by the X-ray diffraction, BET, and SEM. Furthermore, their various electrochemical properties in Li-Bs were also examined, with the chemical activation process decreasing the crystallite size. The activated carbon has a small distance of reduction and oxidation peaks, which attributed to the insertion of Li-ion into the voids in carbon. The results show that activated carbon with KOH 5 M has the highest discharge rate capacity at 445.87 (mAhg?1). ? 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Selection and peer-review under responsibility of the scientific committee of the 7th International Conference of Advanced Materials Science and Technology 2019.

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In this study, an activated carbon material was prepared from carbonized chicken feathers taken from poultry waste, and its performance in batteries was investigated. The variation in KOH concentration during activation process significantly affected the performance of the activated carbon.