Sustainable Energy-Storage Materials from Lignin-Graphene Nanocomposite-Derived Porous Carbon Film
Abstract
We present a simple, green approach to fabricating porous free-standing carbon films. An alkaline solution of low-cost, renewable lignin and graphene oxide (GO) is cast, followed by simultaneous carbonization and activation. Lignin, which is the least valued product from several biomass processing industries, is an efficient source of carbon when used as an intercalating agent to separate graphene sheets derived from homogeneous GO/lignin nanocomposite films prepared from an aqueous alkaline (KOH) solution. After thermal treatment the GO/lignin films show complete dispersion of reduced GO sheets within amorphous lignin-derived carbon. Furthermore, the presence of KOH in the film produces activated carbon. The resulting activated carbon films display a specific surface area of up to 1744 m2 g 1 and consist of a balance of pore volumes with pore sizes below and above 1 nm. A two-electrode supercapacitor composed of these films in an aqueous electrolyte exhibits near-ideal capacitive behavior at an ultrahigh scan rate of 1 V s 1, while maintaining an excellent specific capacitance of 162 F g 1. Such outstanding performance of renewable carbon as a supercapacitor, in addition to the ease of electrode fabrication from a precursor containing 85 % lignin, offers a novel method for valorization ofmore »
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- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Materials Science and Technology Division
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Materials Science and Technology Division; Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Science and Neutron Science Directorate
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Science
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- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1362202
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Energy Technology
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 2194-4288
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
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Tran, Chau D., Ho, Hoi Chun, Keum, Jong K., Chen, Jihua, Gallego, Nidia C., and Naskar, Amit K. Sustainable Energy-Storage Materials from Lignin-Graphene Nanocomposite-Derived Porous Carbon Film. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1002/ente.201700090.
Tran, Chau D., Ho, Hoi Chun, Keum, Jong K., Chen, Jihua, Gallego, Nidia C., & Naskar, Amit K. Sustainable Energy-Storage Materials from Lignin-Graphene Nanocomposite-Derived Porous Carbon Film. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/ente.201700090
Tran, Chau D., Ho, Hoi Chun, Keum, Jong K., Chen, Jihua, Gallego, Nidia C., and Naskar, Amit K. Tue .
"Sustainable Energy-Storage Materials from Lignin-Graphene Nanocomposite-Derived Porous Carbon Film". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/ente.201700090. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1362202.
@article{osti_1362202,
title = {Sustainable Energy-Storage Materials from Lignin-Graphene Nanocomposite-Derived Porous Carbon Film},
author = {Tran, Chau D. and Ho, Hoi Chun and Keum, Jong K. and Chen, Jihua and Gallego, Nidia C. and Naskar, Amit K.},
abstractNote = {We present a simple, green approach to fabricating porous free-standing carbon films. An alkaline solution of low-cost, renewable lignin and graphene oxide (GO) is cast, followed by simultaneous carbonization and activation. Lignin, which is the least valued product from several biomass processing industries, is an efficient source of carbon when used as an intercalating agent to separate graphene sheets derived from homogeneous GO/lignin nanocomposite films prepared from an aqueous alkaline (KOH) solution. After thermal treatment the GO/lignin films show complete dispersion of reduced GO sheets within amorphous lignin-derived carbon. Furthermore, the presence of KOH in the film produces activated carbon. The resulting activated carbon films display a specific surface area of up to 1744 m2 g 1 and consist of a balance of pore volumes with pore sizes below and above 1 nm. A two-electrode supercapacitor composed of these films in an aqueous electrolyte exhibits near-ideal capacitive behavior at an ultrahigh scan rate of 1 V s 1, while maintaining an excellent specific capacitance of 162 F g 1. Such outstanding performance of renewable carbon as a supercapacitor, in addition to the ease of electrode fabrication from a precursor containing 85 % lignin, offers a novel method for valorization of lignin-rich byproduct streams from biomass processing industries.},
doi = {10.1002/ente.201700090},
journal = {Energy Technology},
number = ,
volume = 5,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue May 30 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Tue May 30 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
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