Porous Carbon Materials Produced by KOH Activation for Supercapacitor Electrodes

Authors

Jiang-lin YE, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion & Department of Materials Science and Engineering, & iChEM, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China;
Yan-wu ZHU, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion & Department of Materials Science and Engineering, & iChEM, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, P. R. China;Follow

Corresponding Author

Yan-wu ZHU(zhuyanwu@ustc.edu.cn)

Abstract

Porous carbon materials with high specific surface area and excellent conductivity have wide applications in supercapacitor electrodes. Much effort has been made to synthesize and tailor the microstructures of porous carbon materials via various activation procedures (physical and chemical activations). In particular, the chemical activation using potassium hydroxide (KOH) as an activating reagent is promising because of the well-defined micropore size distribution and ultrahigh specific surface area up to 3000 m²·g^-1 of the resulting porous carbons. Based mainly on the previous works taken by the authors and collaborators in the field, we have summarized the activation mechanism of KOH, the conversion of the carbon resources to porous carbons and the performance of the resulting porous carbons in supercapacitor electrodes. We hope that this review will be helpful to promote the development of high-performance porous carbon materials as supercapacitor electrodes.

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Keywords

KOH activation, carbon materials, porous, supercapacitor

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.13208/j.electrochem.170341

Publication Date

2017-10-28

Online Available Date

2017-06-07

Revised Date

2017-06-05

Received Date

2017-03-06

Recommended Citation

Jiang-lin YE, Yan-wu ZHU. Porous Carbon Materials Produced by KOH Activation for Supercapacitor Electrodes[J]. Journal of Electrochemistry, 2017 , 23(5): 548-559.
DOI: 10.13208/j.electrochem.170341
Available at: https://jelectrochem.xmu.edu.cn/journal/vol23/iss5/5