酸碱共活化改性超纯煤基小介孔炭及提升的电化学性能

Coal-originated micro-mesopore carbon by acid-base union-activating and meliorative electro-chemical characteristic

  • 摘要: 传统的化学活化法制备的活性炭具有丰富的微孔结构,但是很多微小孔道无法进行储能,还会降低多孔炭的石墨化度,限制了器件在实际应用中的性能发挥。因此,如何协调控制炭材料的孔道结构和表面化学,是有效平衡超级电容炭电极材料微观结构和电化学性能之间的关键。基于此,运用酸碱协同活化实现了炭电极材料表面化学改性和孔结构的有效调控,极大改善了材料的电化学特性。以脱灰细化后的无烟煤为碳源,通过KOH预先刻蚀前驱体进行造孔,进一步采用H3PO4深度活化实现扩孔和表面稳定化,从而合成具有小介孔的超纯无烟煤基多孔炭。结果表明:当共活化炭用作双电层电容器(EDLC)电极时,丰富的小介孔和大微孔网络可以有效地促进电解液离子扩散,显著降低器件内阻,并在电极−电解液界面快速形成双电层,从而提高大电流倍率容量;同时,稳定的表面化学增强了多孔碳骨架的电容可逆性,使其表现出稳定的长周期循环性能。所制备的共活化多孔炭电极在6 mol/L KOH电解液中的内阻低至2.40 mΩ,比容量高达214 F/g,并表现出优异的倍率性,在10 A/g时容量保持率可达71.79%。更显著的是,由于炭表面不稳定化学基团的减少,电极的氧化稳定性得到了提高,所组装的有机系超级电容器可以在1 mol/L Et4NBF4/PC电解液中长周期快速充/放电,从而展示出良好的循环稳定性,经过数千次循环后,比容量保持率为97.55%。实现了无烟煤作为不可再生资源的高附加值利用,同时也为小介孔炭在新型高功率储能器件中的规模化应用提供了电化学见解。

     

    Abstract: Activated carbon prepared by traditional chemical activation possesses a rich microporous structure, but many tiny pores cannot be utilized for energy storage and may even reduce the graphitization degree of porous carbon, which limits the performance of devices in practical applications. Therefore, how to coordinately control the pore structure and surface chemistry of carbon materials is the key to effectively balancing the microstructure and electrochemical performance of supercapacitor carbon electrode materials. Based on this, acid-base cooperative activation can not only modify the surface chemistry of carbon electrodes, but also effectively regulate the pore structure, accordingly enormously improving the electrochemical behavior of the materials. For this research, taking deashed and pulverized anthraciferous coal as a carbon source, pore formation is carried out by pre-corrosion of the precursor with KOH, subsequently further porous expansion and exterior stability utilizing H3PO4 reactivation to prepare super-pure coal-based activated carbon with little mesoporous growth. The results indicate that when co-activated carbon is used as the electrode in electric double-layer capacitors (EDLCs), the abundant network of small mesopores and large micropores can effectively facilitate the diffusion of electrolyte ions, significantly reduce the internal resistance of the device, and rapidly form an electric double layer at the electrode-electrolyte interface, thereby enhancing the high-rate capacity. Moreover, ameliorating surface chemical properties can enhance capacitive invertibility of porous carbon frameworks, enabling it to exhibit stable long-cycle performance. The prepared union-activating porous carbon electrode in 6 mol/L KOH displays an internal resistance as low as 2.40 mΩ, a high capacitance of 214 F/g, and excellent rate performance with the capacity retention rate of 71.79% at 10 A/g. Even more remarkably though, the oxidation resistance of the carbon material is improved owing to the decrease for instable chemical species on the electrode surface. The assembled organic ultracapacitors can stably charge/discharge for long cycles in 1 mol/L Et4NBF4/PC, demonstrating good cyclability of 97.55% capacity retention after thousands of cycles. The study has achieved high added value and valid exploitation of anthraciferous coal, while also providing thorough electrochemical views for industrial applications of micro-mesopore carbon in the leading-edge high power energy storage field.

     

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