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Molten Salt Pyrolysis of Melamine‐Modified Denim Fabric Waste into Nitrogen‐Doped Activated Carbon for Supercapacitor Applications
Author(s) -
Zeng Dong,
Wang Shuai,
Peng Junjun,
Gui Yunyun,
Liu Huihong,
Yang Feng,
Li Ming
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
chemistryselect
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 34
ISSN - 2365-6549
DOI - 10.1002/slct.201900837
Subject(s) - supercapacitor , melamine , materials science , pyrolysis , carbon fibers , nitrogen , chemical engineering , electrolyte , activated carbon , capacitance , composite material , chemistry , organic chemistry , electrode , adsorption , composite number , engineering
Conversion of biomass waste into nitrogen‐doped porous carbon has been considered as a promising approach to achieve energy storage materials. Nitrogen‐doped activated carbon materials have been successfully prepared by molten salt pyrolysis (MSP) using melamine modified‐denim fabric waste as precursor. The molten salt medium provides liquid condition to carbonize and activate the denim fabric waste. Melamine produces a large amount of nitrogen element for doping the carbon materials. The obtained nitrogen‐doped denim fabric‐based carbon materials (NDFC‐MSP) are composed of small fibrous fragment and thin sheet, and exhibit a high specific surface area (1975.2 m 2 ⋅g −1 ) and high pore volume (1.087 cm 3 ⋅g −1 ). Moreover, NDFC‐MSP sample with a high nitrogen content of 6.93 wt.% possesses a maximum specific capacitance of 345.8 F⋅g −1 at 0.25 A⋅g −1 in 6 M KOH electrolyte. It also displays a high specific capacitance of 230 F⋅g −1 at 10 A⋅g −1 . The cycle stability shows 95.5% retention after 5000 charge‐discharge cycles at 1 A⋅g −1 . In addition, the fabricated symmetric NDFC‐MSP supercapacitor with a wide voltage range of 1.8 V generates a maximum energy density of 17.0 Wh⋅kg −1 at power density of 225 W kg −1 in 1 M Na 2 SO 4 aqueous electrolyte.