A facile in-situ activation of protonated histidine-derived porous carbon for electrochemical capacitive energy storage

Unique synthesis method of protonating histidine with different inorganic acids is proposed as a novel efficient way to control the structural and surface properties of resulting carbon materials and eventually their electrochemical performance. [Display omitted] •Structural and electrochemical prop...

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Published inJournal of industrial and engineering chemistry (Seoul, Korea) Vol. 73; pp. 316 - 327
Main Authors Tran, Thanh-Nhan, Jung Kim, Hwa, Samdani, Jitendra S., Hwang, Jun Yeon, Ku, Bon-Cheol, Kwan Lee, Jae, Yu, Jong-Sung
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 25.05.2019
한국공업화학회
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Amino acid
Heteroatom doping
Histidine
In-situ activation
Inorganic acid
화학공학
Amino acid
Histidine
Inorganic acid
In-situ activation
Heteroatom doping
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Summary:Unique synthesis method of protonating histidine with different inorganic acids is proposed as a novel efficient way to control the structural and surface properties of resulting carbon materials and eventually their electrochemical performance. [Display omitted] •Structural and electrochemical properties of carbon materials (CMs) is tuned by protonating histidine using different inorganic acids (HAs).•The effects of each HA on the structural properties of respective (HA)His-CM and on its electrochemical behaviors are investigated.•(H3PO4)His-CM possesses high specific surface area, high capacitance, superior energy density and power density along with excellent cycle life.•H3PO4 plays dual roles of in-situ activation and additional P doping in the carbon skeleton.•A strategy of acid treatment of histidine and in-situ activation is unique and favorable for scalable production of novel carbon materials. A unique and effective synthesis approach to tune the structural and electrochemical properties of carbon materials (CMs) is demonstrated by template-free one-step pyrolysis of protonated histidine (His) containing each of different inorganic acids (HAs) such as HI, HBr, HCl, HNO3, H2SO4, and H3PO4. In particular, the (H3PO4)His-CM possesses high specific surface area, high capacitance, superior energy density and power density along with excellent cycle life. Such excellent electrochemical performance of (H3PO4)His-CM is attributed to the tunable structural properties of the precursor, where H3PO4 plays dual roles of in-situ activation and additional P doping in the carbon skeleton.
ISSN:1226-086X
1876-794X
DOI:10.1016/j.jiec.2019.01.044