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Spent zinc batteries: a pathway to Sustainable ZnMn2O4/C supercapacitors electrode

  • Carbon Letters
  • Abbr : Carbon Lett.
  • 2025, 35(3), pp.1363~1377
  • DOI : 10.1007/s42823-025-00870-1
  • Publisher : Korean Carbon Society
  • Research Area : Natural Science > Natural Science General > Other Natural Sciences General
  • Received : December 21, 2024
  • Accepted : February 13, 2025
  • Published : June 5, 2025

Abuelftooh Aya Mohamed 1 Mahmoud S. S. 1 Ahmed S. Y. 1 Attia Sayed Y. 2 Mohamed Saad G. 2

1Ain Shams University
2Mining and Metallurgy Engineering Department, Tabbin Institute for Metallurgical Studies (TIMS), Tabbin, Helwan 109, Cairo

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ABSTRACT

Inspired by the recycling approach of electronic waste, within this research paper, we extracted exhausted materials from spent primary zinc batteries and then annealed them in a modified condition, forming a ZnMn2O4/C composite with a uniform nanoparticles’ porous morphology. The produced material has been examined as a supercapacitor active one, which showed promising electrochemical properties for supercapacitor application. At a current density of 3 A g−1, it exerted a comparatively significant capacitance of 1696.88 F g−1 along with a capacity of 807 C g−1. Furthermore, the fabrication of a flexible all-solid-state symmetric supercapacitor prototype has been accomplished. It exhibited promising initial results that carried a specific energy of 76.75 Wh kg−1 at a specific power of 333.86 W kg−1. After 3000 cycles, it maintained an acceptable capacity. Thus, this eco-friendly approach can successfully convert the spent battery material to new value-added materials for supercapacitors in the clean energy area.

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