A sustainable solution: Conversion of distillers' grains waste into high-performance supercapacitor electrode materials for energy storage applications
DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS(2024)
Abstract
The development of cost-effective biomass-derived carbon with good electrochemical properties is crucial for advancing energy storage devices sustainably. One feasible approach to producing supercapacitor electrode materials is the conversion of heteroatom-rich biomass waste into heteroatom self-doped hierarchical porous carbons with favorable electrochemical properties. In this study, distillers' grains with abundant crude fiber and protein were utilized as precursors to prepare N, S self-doped hierarchical porous carbon, which presents a high specific surface area of 3642.87 m2 g(-1). The N, S doping could improve the interfacial wettability of electrode materials and enhance the pseudocapacitive effect of the materials. In three-electrode system, the carbon delivered a high capacitance of 347 F g(-1) at 1 A g(-1). Symmetrical capacitors assembled with PVA/KOH gel electrolytes delivered an ultrahigh energy density of 11.29 Wh kg(-1) at a power density of 250 W kg(-1). This strategy provides a practical, low-cost, and renewable design approach of carbon electrode for high-performance supercapacitors.
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Key words
Distillers' grains,Self -doping,Porous carbon,Supercapacitors
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