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    Preparation of activated carbon via acidic dehydration of durian husk for supercapacitor applications
    (2020-08-01)
    Ukkakimapan, Pundita
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    Sattayarut, Vichuda
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    Wanchaem, Thanthamrong
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    Yordsri, Visittapong
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    Phonyiem, Mayuree
    In this study, the preparation of activated carbons (ACs) via acidic dehydration of durian husk (DH) for supercapacitor application was investigated. The DH was dehydrated using sulfuric acid and subsequently activated by using sodium hydroxide as chemical reagent at 720 °C to obtain activated carbon (hereinafter referred to as DA). Surpassing the commercial ACs and the ACs derived from the conventional carbonization and activation (hereinafter referred to as CA), the DA exhibited superior properties in high surface area (2578 m<sup>2</sup>/g) and total pore volume (1.27 cm<sup>3</sup>/g). Moreover, besides carbon and oxygen, the DA contained sulfur and nitrogen in the carbon network. The DA can act as a suitable material for supercapacitor electrode with the specific gravimetric and volumetric capacitances of 145 F/g and 70 F/cm<sup>3</sup> in an organic electrolyte. The device also showed a promising performance with an energy density of 32 Wh/kg and a power density of 316 W/kg. These results demonstrate that the preparation of ACs via acidic dehydration of DH offers the advantages in terms of simplicity, low cost, and short-time processing to achieve heteroatom self-doped ACs with a high surface area for high-performance supercapacitors.
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    Nitrogen-doped graphene nanosheet-double-walled carbon nanotube hybrid nanostructures for high-performance supercapacitors
    (2021-09-01)
    Muangrat, Worawut
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    Obata, Michiko
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    Htay, Myo Than
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    Fujishige, Masatsugu
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    Dulyaseree, Paweena
    A hybrid nitrogen-doped graphene nanosheet-grafted double-walled carbon nanotube (NG-DWCNT) was synthesized by chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Double-walled carbon nanotube (DWCNT) was synthesized by floating catalytic CVD using ferrocene and thiophene dissolved in ethanol. NG was directly grafted onto the DWCNT bundles by thermal CVD using mixed ethanol-urea solution. The NG possess sharp-edged petal-like structure on one-dimensional DWCNT bundle. The NG-DWCNT showed the nitrogen content of approximately 1.93 at%. The NG-DWCNT hybrid nanostructures exhibited a higher specific capacitance of 563 F g<sup>−1</sup> than that of the DWCNT and un-doped G-DWCNT. The improvement of capacitance value is attributed to the synergic effect of the nitrogen doping together with the sharp-edged petal-like structure of the NG. The facile technique by CVD method provides a promising approach for simple and low-cost technique to synthesize the NG-DWCNT hybrid nanostructures. A hybrid carbon nanostructure of NG-DWCNT has a potential application in electrochemical conversion and energy storage devices.