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Activated pyrolysed bacterial cellulose as electrodes for supercapacitors

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In this paper, the bacterial celluloses (BCs) were pyrolysed in nitrogen and then activated by KOH to form a porous three-dimension-network electrode material for supercapacitor applications. Activated pyrolysed bacterial cellulose (APBC) samples with enlarged specific surface area and enhanced specific capacitances were obtained. In order to optimize electrochemical properties, APBC samples with different alkali-to-carbon ratios of 1, 2 and 3 were tested in two electrodes symmetrical capacitors. The optimized APBC sample holds the highest specific capacitance of 241.8 F/g, and the energy density of which is 5 times higher than that of PBC even at a current density of 5 A/g. This work presents a successful practice of preparing electrode material from environment-friendly biomass, bacterial cellulose.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials, Taiyuan, 030001, China

    Xiangjun Wang & Yan Song

  2. Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan, 030001, China

    Xiangjun Wang & Yan Song

  3. CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, Beijing, 100190, China

    Debin Kong, Bin Wang & Linjie Zhi

  4. CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China

    Debin Kong, Bin Wang & Linjie Zhi

  5. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Xiangjun Wang

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Wang, X., Kong, D., Wang, B. et al. Activated pyrolysed bacterial cellulose as electrodes for supercapacitors. Sci. China Chem. 59, 713–718 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-016-5597-9

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