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Pomegranate rind-derived activated carbon as electrode material for high-performance supercapacitors

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In this paper, activated carbon materials were synthesized from pomegranate rind through carbonization and alkaline activation processes. The effects of pyrolytic temperature on the textual properties and electrochemical performance were investigated. The surface area of the activated carbon can reach at least 2200 m2 g−1 at different pyrolytic temperatures. It was found that, at the range of 600–900 °C, decreasing the carbonization temperature leads to the increase of t-plot micropore area, t-plot micropore volume, and capacitance. Further decreasing the carbonization temperature to 500 °C also leads to the increase of t-plot micropore area and t-plot micropore volume, but the capacitance is slightly poorer. The activated carbon carbonized at 600 °C and activated at 800 °C possesses very high specific area (2931 m2 g−1) and exhibits very high capacitance (∼268 F g−1 at 0.1 A g−1 and ∼242 F g−1 at 1 A g−1). There is no capacitance fading after 2000th cycle.

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Acknowledgments

The authors acknowledge the financial supports from Excellent Youth Foundation (13JJ1003) of Hunan Provincial Science and Technology Department, National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no. 51404304), and Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province (14JJ2001) and other supports which are from the Engineering Research Centre of Advanced Battery Materials, the Ministry of Education, China.

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    Furong Qin, Kai Zhang, Jie Li, Yanqing Lai, Hai Lu, Wenwen Liu, Fan Yu, Xiaoke Lei & Jing Fang

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Qin, F., Zhang, K., Li, J. et al. Pomegranate rind-derived activated carbon as electrode material for high-performance supercapacitors. J Solid State Electrochem 20, 469–477 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-015-3064-8

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