Hierarchical Doped Gelatin-Derived Carbon Aerogels: Three Levels of Porosity for Advanced Supercapacitors
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Morphological Analysis
3.2. Brunauer−Emmett−Teller (BET) and Barrett−Joyner−Halenda (BJH) Analyses
3.3. Structural and Chemical Analysis
3.4. Formation Mechanism of 3D Nitrogen Self-Doped Graphene
3.5. Electrochemical Studies
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample Activation Temperature, °C | Surface Area m3/g | Pore Volume cm3/g | Pore Diameter, nm |
700 | 230 | 0.24 | 4.55 |
800 | 1539 | 0.88 | 19.30 |
900 | 1420 | 0.78 | 17.00 |
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Kandasamy, A.; Ramasamy, T.; Samrin, A.; Narayanasamy, P.; Mohan, R.; Bazaka, O.; Levchenko, I.; Bazaka, K.; Mohandas, M. Hierarchical Doped Gelatin-Derived Carbon Aerogels: Three Levels of Porosity for Advanced Supercapacitors. Nanomaterials 2020, 10, 1178. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10061178
Kandasamy A, Ramasamy T, Samrin A, Narayanasamy P, Mohan R, Bazaka O, Levchenko I, Bazaka K, Mohandas M. Hierarchical Doped Gelatin-Derived Carbon Aerogels: Three Levels of Porosity for Advanced Supercapacitors. Nanomaterials. 2020; 10(6):1178. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10061178
Chicago/Turabian StyleKandasamy, Ayshuwarya, Tamilselvi Ramasamy, Ayesha Samrin, Padmanathan Narayanasamy, Ramesh Mohan, Olha Bazaka, Igor Levchenko, Kateryna Bazaka, and Mandhakini Mohandas. 2020. "Hierarchical Doped Gelatin-Derived Carbon Aerogels: Three Levels of Porosity for Advanced Supercapacitors" Nanomaterials 10, no. 6: 1178. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10061178