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A facile approach to prepare biomass-derived activated carbon hollow fibers from wood waste as high-performance supercapacitor electrodes

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In this paper, several activated carbon hollow fibers (ACHF) with high surface area of ~ 1873 m2 g−1 were prepared from wood waste by liquefaction, half-curing and one-step activation methods. Scanning electron microscopy, Nitrogen gas adsorption–desorption and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy have been used to characterize the morphology, the structure and the composition of ACHF. Results show added wood charcoal had a noticeable influence on the pore structure and electrochemical performance of ACHF. Electrochemical investigation measurements show that ACHF exhibit an outstanding specific capacitance (295 F g−1 at 0.5 A g−1), excellent rate performance (73.8% capacitance retention at 20 A g−1), high energy density (7.8 W h kg−1) and high capacitance retention of 99.5% over 10,000 charge–discharge cycles. Moreover, the multiple heteroatoms (N, P) from wood liquefaction have a synergistic effect on electrochemical properties of ACHF. These results indicate the present method is promising for the preparation of biomass-derived activated carbon hollow fibers from agricultural and forestry waste in the application of supercapacitors.

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The authors are grateful for the financial supports from National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 31270607, 30901133, 51272021, 51142004 and 51402010).

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  1. Xiaojun Ma and Chenfeng Ding have contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Department of Wood Science and Technology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300222, China

    Xiaojun Ma, Dongna Li & Mingyue Wu

  2. State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China

    Chenfeng Ding & Yunhua Yu

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Ma, X., Ding, C., Li, D. et al. A facile approach to prepare biomass-derived activated carbon hollow fibers from wood waste as high-performance supercapacitor electrodes. Cellulose 25, 4743–4755 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-018-1903-3

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