JOURNAL ARTICLE

Oxygen-enriched hierarchical porous carbon derived from biowaste sunflower heads for high-performance supercapacitors

Di MaGuang WuJiafeng WanFangwei MaWeidan GengShijiao Song

Year: 2015 Journal:   RSC Advances Vol: 5 (130)Pages: 107785-107792   Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

Abstract

Sunflower heads, a biowaste from sunflower crop, was first explored as a sustainable precursor to synthesize porous carbon (PC) as a supercapacitor electrode material.

Keywords:
Supercapacitor Chemical engineering Sunflower Porosity Oxygen Carbon fibers Materials science Chemistry Capacitance Composite material Organic chemistry Composite number Electrode Agronomy Engineering

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Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
Physical Sciences →  Materials Science →  Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
Physical Sciences →  Energy →  Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Conducting polymers and applications
Physical Sciences →  Materials Science →  Polymers and Plastics
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