Waste Coffee Management: Deriving High-Performance Supercapacitors Using Nitrogen-Doped Coffee-Derived Carbon
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
2.1. Synthesis of Activated Carbonized Coffee Powder
2.2. Structural Characterization
2.3. Electrochemical Characterization
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Device | Activation Method | Electrolyte | Specific Capacitance of Device | Cyclic Stability | Capacitance Retention | Ref. |
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Waste Coffee -derived Carbon | Melamine and KOH | 3 M KOH | 74 F/g @ 1A/g | 10,000 | 97% | This work |
Coffee bean derived phosphorus carbon | (1:2 ratio) H3PO4 | 1 M H2SO4 | 33–35 F/g @ 1A/g | 10,000 | ~82% | [34] |
Waste Coffee Ground Carbon | (1:1 ratio) ZnCl2 | 1 M TEABF4 in acetonitrile (AN) | ~50 F/g @ 1A/g | - | - | [8] |
Coconut Shell Carbon | Steam | 6 M KOH | ~100 F/g @ 1A/g | 3000 | 61.29% | [18] |
Banana Fiber | 10% ZnCl2 | 1 M Na2SO4 | 74 F/g @ 0.5 A/g | 500 | 87.83% | [35] |
Waste tyre derived carbon | 1:9 H3PO4 | 6 M KOH | 49 F/g @ 1 A/g | 1000 | 97% | [36] |
Jute fiber derived carbon | (1:1 ratio) KOH | 3 M KOH | 51 F/g @ 1 mV/s | 5000 | 100% | [15] |
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Choi, J.; Zequine, C.; Bhoyate, S.; Lin, W.; Li, X.; Kahol, P.; Gupta, R. Waste Coffee Management: Deriving High-Performance Supercapacitors Using Nitrogen-Doped Coffee-Derived Carbon. C 2019, 5, 44. https://doi.org/10.3390/c5030044
Choi J, Zequine C, Bhoyate S, Lin W, Li X, Kahol P, Gupta R. Waste Coffee Management: Deriving High-Performance Supercapacitors Using Nitrogen-Doped Coffee-Derived Carbon. C. 2019; 5(3):44. https://doi.org/10.3390/c5030044
Chicago/Turabian StyleChoi, Jonghyun, Camila Zequine, Sanket Bhoyate, Wang Lin, Xianglin Li, Pawan Kahol, and Ram Gupta. 2019. "Waste Coffee Management: Deriving High-Performance Supercapacitors Using Nitrogen-Doped Coffee-Derived Carbon" C 5, no. 3: 44. https://doi.org/10.3390/c5030044