Synthesis of mesoporous carbons for supercapacitors from coal tar pitch by coupling microwave-assisted KOH activation with a MgO template

Carbon

Volumn 50, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 4911-4921

  He, Xiaojun ^a   Li, Ruchun ^a   Qiu, Jieshan ^b   Xie, Kang ^a   Ling, Pinghua ^a   Yu, Moxin ^a   Zhang, Xiaoyong ^a   Zheng, Mingdong ^a  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE; COAL TAR PITCH; CONVENTIONAL HEATING; ENERGY DENSITY; HEATING TIME; KOH ACTIVATION; LOW COSTS; MESOPOROUS CARBON; MGO; MICROPORE VOLUMES; MICROPOROUS CARBONS; MICROWAVE POWER; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED; ONE-STEP PROCESS; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; RELATIVE MASS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SPECIFIC CAPACITANCE; SUPER CAPACITOR; TOTAL PORE VOLUME;

CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; COAL TAR; MAGNESIUM; MICROPOROSITY; MICROWAVE HEATING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

EID: 84864427392     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2012.06.020     Document Type: Article

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