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Activated carbons effectively purified by post-heat treatment under vacuum conditions

  • Carbon Letters
  • Abbr : Carbon Lett.
  • 2021, 31(5), pp.973-984
  • DOI : 10.1007/s42823-020-00209-y
  • Publisher : Korean Carbon Society
  • Research Area : Natural Science > Natural Science General > Other Natural Sciences General
  • Received : July 24, 2020
  • Accepted : December 24, 2020
  • Published : October 1, 2021

kimjunam 1 T. Nguyen Hoai Van 2 Bahk Gyung Jin 2 Kwak Kyungwon 3 Lee Kyung-Koo 2

1군산대학교
2Kunsan National University
3Institute for Basic Science (IBS)

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ABSTRACT

The efect of heat treatment and vacuum conditions on the textural properties and electrochemical performance of commercially available activated carbons (ACs) was investigated. The AC after post-heat treatment was characterized by nitrogen adsorption–desorption, X-ray difraction, Raman spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy measurements. The ACs treated under vacuum conditions exhibit a higher specifc surface area and micropore surface area than those treated under nitrogen atmospheric pressure without signifcantly afecting the graphite structure of the AC. Under 800 °C temperature and vacuum conditions (AC-V800), the AC with the highest Brunauer– Emmett–Teller surface area of 1951.9 m2 g−1 (16.4% improvement relative to that of the original AC (1677.2 m2 g−1)) was obtained. This is attributed to the removal of oxygen-containing functional groups and volatile matters in the carbon by thermal treatment under vacuum conditions. Consequently, the electric double-layer capacitor using ACs treated under vacuum conditions (1 kPa) at 800 °C (AC-V800) shows considerably improved electrochemical performance in terms of higher specifc capacitance and better cycling stability at a high working voltage (3.1 V), compared to the nitrogen-treated and commercial ACs.

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