Sweet Side Streams: Sugar Beet Pulp as Source for High-Performance Supercapacitor Electrodes.

ABSTRACT: Valorization of the lignocellulosic side and waste streams is key to making industrial processes more efficient from both an economic and ecological perspective. Currently, the production of sugars from beets results in pulps in large quantities. However, there is a lack of promising opportunities for upcycling these materials despite their promising properties. Here, we investigate beet pulps from two different stages of the sugar manufacturing process as raw materials for supercapacitor electrodes. We demonstrate that these materials can be efficiently converted to activated, highly porous carbons. The carbons exhibit pore dimensions approaching the size of the desolvated K⁺ and SO₄^2- ions with surface areas up to 2600 m² g^-1. These

SUBMITTER: Selinger J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10831825 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature