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Superior multifunctional activity of nanoporous carbons with widely tuneable porosity: enhanced storage capacities for carbon-dioxide, hydrogen, water and electric charge

Gadipelli, S; Howard, C; Guo, J; Skipper, N; Zhang, H; Shearing, P; Brett, D; (2020) Superior multifunctional activity of nanoporous carbons with widely tuneable porosity: enhanced storage capacities for carbon-dioxide, hydrogen, water and electric charge. Advanced Energy Materials , 10 (9) , Article 1903649. 10.1002/aenm.201903649. Green open access

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Abstract

Nanoporous carbons (NPCs) with engineered specific pore sizes and sufficiently high porosities (both specific surface area and pore volume) are necessary for storing energy in the form of electric charges and molecules. Herein, NPCs, derived from biomass pine‐cones, coffee‐grounds, graphene‐oxide and metal‐organic frameworks, with systematically increased pore width (<1.0 nm to a few nm), micropore volume (0.2–0.9 cm3 g−1) and specific surface area (800–2800 m2 g−1) are presented. Superior CO2, H2, and H2O uptakes of 35.0 wt% (≈7.9 mmol g−1 at 273 K), 3.0 wt% (at 77 K) and 85.0 wt% (at 298 K), respectively at 1 bar, are achieved. At controlled microporosity, supercapacitors deliver impressive performance with a capacity of 320 and 230 F g−1 at 500 mA g−1, in aqueous and organic electrolytes, respectively. Excellent areal capacitance and energy density (>50 Wh kg−1 at high power density, 1000 W kg−1) are achieved to form the highest reported values among the range of carbons in the literature. The noteworthy energy storage performance of the NPCs for all five cases (CO2, H2, H2O, and capacitance in aqueous and organic electrolytes) is highlighted by direct comparison to numerous existing porous solids. A further analysis on the specific pore type governed physisorption capacities is presented.

Type: Article
Title: Superior multifunctional activity of nanoporous carbons with widely tuneable porosity: enhanced storage capacities for carbon-dioxide, hydrogen, water and electric charge
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201903649
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201903649
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Chemical Engineering
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Chemistry
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10086679
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