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Porous network of nitrogen self-doped honeycomb like activated carbon derived from Caladium tricolor leaves: a multifunctional platform for energy and environmental applications

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Activated carbon with appreciable level of porosity and honeycomb like structure was synthesized through simple KOH activation of biochar obtained from Caladium tricolor leaves. The synthesized activated carbon was characterized for morphological and structural characteristics using various techniques. The material possesses an enhanced BET surface area (SBET) of 1429m2/g with significant microporous texture. XPS data revealed the presence of Nitrogen as the inherent dopant in the material which enhance electrochemical and adsorption perfmance. The activated carbon has been employed as electrode material for electrical double layer type capacitance (EDLC) type supercapacitor which showed promising specific capacitance of 428 F/g at a current density of 1 A/g. Cyclic stability studies revealed a retention of capacitance of 98% for 5000 cycles. Further, adsorption studies were conducted using Furazolidone drug and the adsorption efficiency was found to be 90% following Langmuir isotherm model. Kinetic studies revealed that the adsorption follows pseudo-second order kinetics. The material also investigated for ORR activity which showed notable results which can be further improved to be employed as a metal free Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalyst.

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Authors are grateful to the Researchers Supporting Project Number (RSP2024R326), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The authors would like to thank the basic support from the National Institute of Technology Puducherry and Pondicherry University, India.

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    Vishnu Sankar Sivasankarapillai & Ragupathy Dhanusuraman

  2. School of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 695551, India

    Shankar Baskaran & Azhagumuthu Muthukrishnan

  3. Department of Physics, SEEE, SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, 613401, India

    Atchaya Sundararajan

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VSS performed the investigation, conceptualization, methodology, formal analysis, data curation, writing of the original draft. SB, AS and AM contributed to data curation, visualization, investigation, review and editing the manuscript. MRS and SMW contributed to project administration, and funding acquisition. RD contributed to conceptualization, supervision, resources, validation, project administration, reviewing, and editing the manuscript.

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Sivasankarapillai, V.S., Baskaran, S., Sundararajan, A. et al. Porous network of nitrogen self-doped honeycomb like activated carbon derived from Caladium tricolor leaves: a multifunctional platform for energy and environmental applications. J Porous Mater (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10934-024-01580-1

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