Hetero-Porous, High-Surface Area Green Carbon Aerogels for the Next-Generation Energy Storage Applications.

ABSTRACT: Various carbon materials have been developed for energy storage applications to address the increasing energy demand in the world. However, the environmentally friendly, renewable, and nontoxic bio-based carbon resources have not been extensively investigated towards high-performance energy storage materials. Here, we report an anisotropic, hetero-porous, high-surface area carbon aerogel prepared from renewable resources achieving an excellent electrical double-layer capacitance. Two different green, abundant, and carbon-rich lignins which can be extracted from various biomasses, have been selected as raw materials, i.e., kraft and soda lignins, resulting in clearly distinct physical, structural as well as electrochemical characteristics of the carbon aerogels after carbonization. The obta

SUBMITTER: Thomas B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7999108 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature