Carbon Nanofibers Prepared from Solar Pyrolysis of Pinewood as Binder-free Electrodes for Flexible Supercapacitors
Summary: Solar pyrolysis of renewable biomass has huge potential for sustainable production of fuel or chemical feedstock for the activated carbon materials. Here, we report a method for producing high-quality carbon nanofiber (CNF) precursor and subsequently CNFs as a low-cost and eco-friendly ener...
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| author | Tongtong Wang Asif H. Rony Kaidi Sun Weibo Gong Xin He Wenyang Lu Mingchen Tang Runping Ye Jiuling Yu Lin Kang Hongmei Luo Steve J. Smith Eric G. Eddings Maohong Fan |
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| description | Summary: Solar pyrolysis of renewable biomass has huge potential for sustainable production of fuel or chemical feedstock for the activated carbon materials. Here, we report a method for producing high-quality carbon nanofiber (CNF) precursor and subsequently CNFs as a low-cost and eco-friendly energy storage material. Specifically, pinewood is pyrolyzed with solar energy to generate a phenol-rich bioliquid precursor that is found to be a strong candidate for synthesizing binder-free flexible electrode materials via electrospinning. The CNFs prepared with 30% solar-driven bioliquids and 70% polyacrylonitrile have a high specific surface area and rich microstructure, which are the key to its electrochemical performance in terms of specific capacitance (349 F g−1 at the current density of 0.5 A g−1) with notable rate performance, reversibility, and cycling stability in 6 M KOH aqueous electrolyte. Thus, solar bioliquids are feasible CNF precursors, and such derived CNFs have potential to be applied in energy storage devices. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3aa6ed8a16ec485497fe0f87398d8d272022-12-21T17:59:36ZengElsevierCell Reports Physical Science2666-38642020-06-0116100079Carbon Nanofibers Prepared from Solar Pyrolysis of Pinewood as Binder-free Electrodes for Flexible SupercapacitorsTongtong Wang0Asif H. Rony1Kaidi Sun2Weibo Gong3Xin He4Wenyang Lu5Mingchen Tang6Runping Ye7Jiuling Yu8Lin Kang9Hongmei Luo10Steve J. Smith11Eric G. Eddings12Maohong Fan13College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USACollege of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USACollege of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USACollege of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USACollege of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USACollege of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USACollege of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USACollege of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USACollege of Engineering, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USANanoscience and Nanoengineering Ph.D. Program, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701, USACollege of Engineering, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USANanoscience and Nanoengineering Ph.D. Program, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701, USACollege of Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USACollege of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA; School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA; School of Energy Resources, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA; Corresponding authorSummary: Solar pyrolysis of renewable biomass has huge potential for sustainable production of fuel or chemical feedstock for the activated carbon materials. Here, we report a method for producing high-quality carbon nanofiber (CNF) precursor and subsequently CNFs as a low-cost and eco-friendly energy storage material. Specifically, pinewood is pyrolyzed with solar energy to generate a phenol-rich bioliquid precursor that is found to be a strong candidate for synthesizing binder-free flexible electrode materials via electrospinning. The CNFs prepared with 30% solar-driven bioliquids and 70% polyacrylonitrile have a high specific surface area and rich microstructure, which are the key to its electrochemical performance in terms of specific capacitance (349 F g−1 at the current density of 0.5 A g−1) with notable rate performance, reversibility, and cycling stability in 6 M KOH aqueous electrolyte. Thus, solar bioliquids are feasible CNF precursors, and such derived CNFs have potential to be applied in energy storage devices.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666386420300746pinewoodsolar pyrolysisbioliquidcarbon nanofibersupercapacitor |
| spellingShingle | Tongtong Wang Asif H. Rony Kaidi Sun Weibo Gong Xin He Wenyang Lu Mingchen Tang Runping Ye Jiuling Yu Lin Kang Hongmei Luo Steve J. Smith Eric G. Eddings Maohong Fan Carbon Nanofibers Prepared from Solar Pyrolysis of Pinewood as Binder-free Electrodes for Flexible Supercapacitors Cell Reports Physical Science pinewood solar pyrolysis bioliquid carbon nanofiber supercapacitor |
| title | Carbon Nanofibers Prepared from Solar Pyrolysis of Pinewood as Binder-free Electrodes for Flexible Supercapacitors |
| title_full | Carbon Nanofibers Prepared from Solar Pyrolysis of Pinewood as Binder-free Electrodes for Flexible Supercapacitors |
| title_fullStr | Carbon Nanofibers Prepared from Solar Pyrolysis of Pinewood as Binder-free Electrodes for Flexible Supercapacitors |
| title_full_unstemmed | Carbon Nanofibers Prepared from Solar Pyrolysis of Pinewood as Binder-free Electrodes for Flexible Supercapacitors |
| title_short | Carbon Nanofibers Prepared from Solar Pyrolysis of Pinewood as Binder-free Electrodes for Flexible Supercapacitors |
| title_sort | carbon nanofibers prepared from solar pyrolysis of pinewood as binder free electrodes for flexible supercapacitors |
| topic | pinewood solar pyrolysis bioliquid carbon nanofiber supercapacitor |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666386420300746 |
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