In-situ MgO (CaCO3) templating coupled with KOH activation strategy for high yield preparation of various porous carbons as supercapacitor electrode materials

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 321, Issue , 2017, Pages 301-313

  Shao, Jinqiu ^a   Ma, Fangwei ^a,b,c   Wu, Guang ^a   Dai, Changchao ^a   Geng, Weidan ^a   Song, Shijiao ^a   Wan, Jiafeng ^a  

^a HEILONGJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Baotailong New Materials Co Ltd   (China)

^c DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Coal tar pitch; High yield; Polymer; Porous carbon; Supercapacitor

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CAPACITANCE; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERS; POROUS MATERIALS; SUPERCAPACITOR; TAR;

CAPACITIVE PERFORMANCE; COAL TAR PITCH; HIERARCHICAL POROUS CARBONS; HIGH SPECIFIC CAPACITANCES; HIGH YIELD; POROUS CARBON MATERIALS; POROUS CARBONS; SUPERCAPACITOR ELECTRODES;

COAL TAR;

EID: 85016494191     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2017.03.092     Document Type: Article

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