Electrochemical Energy Reviews ›› 2021, Vol. 4 ›› Issue (2): 219-248.doi: 10.1007/s41918-020-00090-3

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Biomass-Derived Carbon Materials for High-Performance Supercapacitors: Current Status and Perspective

Jiangqi Zhou1, Shilin Zhang2, Ya-Nan Zhou1, Wei Tang1, Junhe Yang2, Chengxin Peng3, Zaiping Guo2   

  1. 1. School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, Shaanxi, China;
    2. School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic, and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia;
    3. School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China
  • Received:2020-07-11 Revised:2020-09-02 Online:2021-06-20 Published:2021-06-19
  • Supported by:
    This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21905220, 21875141, 51772240, 21503158), the Key Research and Development Plan of Shanxi Province (China, Grant No. 2018 ZDXM-GY-135), the Fundamental Research Funds for the “Young Talent Support Plan” of Xi’an Jiaotong University (HG6J003) the Shanghai Pujiang Program (18PJ1409000) and the Shanghai Scientific and Technological Innovation Project (19JC1410400). Financial support provided by the Australian Research Council (ARC) (DP200101862) is also gratefully acknowledged. We would further like to thank Dr. T. Silver for her critical reading of this manuscript.

Abstract: Supercapacitors are electrochemical energy storage systems that depend on high-surface-area electrodes and can play a dominant role in areas that require high power delivery or uptake. And of various electrodes, biomass-derived carbonaceous electrodes have recently shown impressive promise in high-performance supercapacitors because of their widespread availability, renewable nature and low-cost electricity storage. Based on this, this review will discuss the current status of biomass-derived carbon materials in supercapacitors and highlight current research with a specific emphasis on the influences of structure and elemental doping on the electrochemical performance of corresponding carbon electrodes. This review will also discuss the gap between laboratory achievements and practical utilization in terms of these biomass-derived carbon materials and outline practical strategies for future improvement.

Full-text: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41918-020-00090-3

Key words: Biomass-derived carbonaceous, Electrodes, Structural engineering, Doping effects, Supercapacitors