Porous carbon nanosheet with high surface area derived from waste poly(ethylene terephthalate) for supercapacitor applications
Abstract
Converting waste plastics into valuable carbon materials has obtained increasing attention. In addition, carbon materials have shown to be the ideal electrode materials for double‐layer supercapacitors owing to their large specific surface area, high electrical conductivity, and stable physicochemical properties. Herein, an easily operated approach is established to efficiently convert waste poly(ethylene terephthalate) beverage bottles into porous carbon nanosheet (PCNS) through the combined processes of catalytic carbonization and KOH activation. PCNS features an ultrahigh specific surface area (2236 m 2 g−1), hierarchically porous architecture, and a large pore volume (3.0 cm 3 g−1). Such excellent physicochemical properties conjointly contribute to the outstanding supercapacitive performance: 169 F g−1 (6 M KOH) and 135 F g−1 (1 M Na 2 SO 4). Furthermore, PCNS shows a high capacitance of 121 F g−1 and a corresponding energy density of 30.6 Wh kg−1 at 0.2 A g−1 in the electrolyte of 1 M TEATFB/PC. When the current density increases to 10 A g−1, the capacitance remains at 95 F g−1, indicating the extraordinary rate capability. This work not only proposes a facile approach to synthesize PCNS for supercapacitors, but also puts forward a potential sustainable way to recycle waste plastics and further hopefully mitigates the waste plastics‐related environmental issues. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2020, 137, 48338.
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Catalytic carbonization of polyethylene terephthalate in a quartz tube furnace at 973 K for 2 h produces carbon nanosheets with a carbon yield of 45.2 wt% (Wen et al., 2020).
“| Catalytic carboni- | Polyethylene tere- | Quartz tube | 973 K, 2 h | Carbon nanosheets 45.2 | Wen et al. (2020) | |”
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- Authors
- Wen, Y., Kierzek, K., Min, J., Chen, X., Gong, J., Niu, R., Wen, X., Azadmanjiri, J., Mijowska, E., & Tang, T.
- Affiliations
- West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin (PL)
- Wrocław University of Science and Technology (PL)
- National University of Singapore (SG)
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology (CN)
- Cornell University (US)
- Swinburne University of Technology (AU)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Chen, Xuecheng
- Gong, Jiang
- Tang, Tao
- ORCID
- Venue
- Journal of Applied Polymer Science
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2019-08-02
- Volume
- 137
- Issue
- 5
- ISSN
- 0021-8995 (ISSN-L)
- 1097-4628
- OpenAlex
- W2964956961
- Cited by
- 84
- References
- 52
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 19 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 2
- FWCI
- 2.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Applied Polymer Science (publishedVersion)
- Swinburne figshare (Swinburne University of Technology) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology (3004013134)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (51373171, 51233005, 21374114)
- Narodowe Centrum Nauki (UMO‐2015/18/E/ST8/00291)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials › Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › MXene and MAX Phase Materials
- Keywords
- porous carbon nanosheets, polyethylene terephthalate, waste plastic recycling, supercapacitor electrodes, catalytic carbonization, KOH activation, hierarchical porosity, specific surface area, energy density, rate capability, beverage bottles
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