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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
Volume 446, Issue -, Pages 127-133Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2014.01.057
Keywords
Supercapacitor; Chestnut shell; Porous carbon; Electrode; Carbonization
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- National Key Project on Basic Research [2012CB722705]
- National High Technology Research and Development Program of China [2012AA110407]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21143006, U1232104]
- Foundation of Qingdao Municipal Science and Technology Commission, China [11-2-4-2-(8)-jch]
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Three porous carbons CSC-6, CSC-7, and CSC-8 were prepared by the carbonization of zinc chloride-pretreated chestnut shells at 600, 700, and 800 degrees C under N-2 atmosphere and had specific surface areas of 1754, 1987, and 1824 m(2) g(-1), respectively. The microstructure and surface functional groups of samples CSCs were characterized by thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and Raman spectroscopy. Electrochemical performances of CSCs-based supercapacitors were evaluated by cyclic voltammetry (CV), galvanostatic charge-discharge, self-discharge, cycle stability, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) in two-electrode cells. Comparative studies showed that the CSC-7-based supercapacitor exhibited the best electrochemical performance among all the CSCs-based supercapacitors. At a current density of 0.1 A g(-1), the CSCs-based electrodes had the specific capacitances of 42.5, 105.4, and 83.4 Fg(-1) in 6M KOH solutions for CSC-6, CSC-7, and CSC-8, respectively. With the current density up to 10A g(-1), the CSC-7-based electrode still showed a capacitance as high as 92.0 F g(-1). Based on the experimental results, the relationship between the electrochemical properties of the CSCs-based supercapacitors and structural nature of samples CSCs was analyzed and discussed. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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