Tuning the Nanoporous Structure of Carbons Derived from the Composite of Cross-Linked Polymers for Charge Storage Applications

Barzegar F. Pavlenko V. Zahid M. Bello A. Xia X. Manyala N. Ozoemena K.I. Abbas Q.
22 February 2021 American Chemical Society

ACS Applied Energy Materials
2021 #4 Issue 2 1763 - 1773 pp.

Controlling the porosity of carbon-based electrodes is key toward performance improvement of charge storage devices, e.g., supercapacitors, which deliver high power via fast charge/discharge of ions at the electrical double layer (EDL). Here, eco-friendly preparation of carbons with adaptable nanopores from polymers obtained via microwave-assisted cross-linking of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP) is reported. The polymeric hydrogels possess porous and foam-like structures, giving excellent control of porosity at the precursor level, which are then subjected to activation at high temperatures of 700-900 °C to prepare carbons with a surface area of 1846 m2 g-1 and uniform distribution of micro-, meso-, and macropores. Then, graphene as an additive to hydrogel precursor improves the surface characteristics and elaborates porous texture, giving composite materials with a surface area of 3107 m2 g-1. These carbons show an interconnected porous structure and bimodal pore size distribution suitable for facile ionic transport. When implemented in symmetric supercapacitor configuration with aqueous 5 mol L-1 NaNO3 electrolyte, a capacitance of 163 F g-1 (per average mass of one electrode) and stable evolution of capacitance, coulombic, and energy efficiency during 10 »000 galvanostatic charge/discharge up to 1.6 V at 1.0 A g-1 have been achieved.

charge storage , electric double layer , microwave-assisted cross-linked polymers , nanoporous carbon , supercapacitor

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Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering Department, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, 71 al-Farabi Ave., Almaty, 050040, Kazakhstan
Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan
Department of Theoretical and Applied Physics, African University of Science and Technology, Km. 10 Airport Road, Galadimawa, Abuja, Nigeria
Department of Physics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa
School of Chemistry, Molecular Science Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, P O Wits, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa
Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 9, Graz, 8010, Austria

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Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Department of Chemistry
Department of Theoretical and Applied Physics
Department of Physics
School of Chemistry
Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials

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