1. Self-single-doped hierarchical porous carbon nanofiber derived Alpinia galanga stem-based for boosted supercapacitor performance.
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Taer, Erman, Nursyafni, Nursyafni, Febriani, Widya, Apriwandi, Apriwandi, Manjunatha, Jamballi G., Deraman, Mohamad, and Taslim, Rika
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CARBON nanofibers , *SUPERCAPACITOR performance , *ALPINIA , *SUPERCAPACITOR electrodes , *SUPERCAPACITORS , *ENERGY density , *OXIDATION-reduction reaction , *CARBON - Abstract
[Display omitted] • Self-O-doped Alpinia galanga stem-based carbon nanofiber succesfully synthesis. • The hierarchical porous carbon exhibit high specific surface area of 1065.58 m2/g. • The porous carbon was performed in solid-free binder form. • In 2-electrode system, supercapacitor possessed specific capacitance of 226F g−1. In this study, activated carbon with hierarchical pores and a nanofiber structure doped with oxygen was prepared using a pure biomass-based sustainable strategy involving integrated chemical impregnation and pyrolysis. Alpinia galangal stem was chosen as it functions as fast conductive network with abundant electrochemical active sites for high-grade electrode materials. The optimal precursor exhibited self-doping of oxygen ranging from 6.15 to 15.69 % with 1065.58 m2/g, which contributed to the redox reaction of the electrode material. When tested in a 2-electrode system, the porous carbon nanofibers showed a high specific capacitance of 226F g−1 at 1 A g−1 in 1 M H 2 SO 4 electrolyte, producing an energy density of 9.3483 Wh kg−1 with a coulombic efficiency of 89.01 %. The results showed that oxygen-doped hierarchical porous carbon nanofibers produced from Alpinia galangal stem biomass and designed to be solid-free of binders are highly promising as high-quality electrode materials that can improve sustainable supercapacitor performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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