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High-yield Harvest of Nanofibers/Mesoporous Carbon Composite by Pyrolysis of Waste Biomass and Its Application for High Durability Electrochemical Energy Storage Wu-Jun Liu, Ke Tian, Yan-Rong He, Hong Jiang, and Han-Qing Yu Environ. Sci. Technol., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/es504184c • Publication Date (Web): 05 Nov 2014 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on November 10, 2014
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High-yield Harvest of Nanofibers/Mesoporous Carbon Composite by Pyrolysis of Waste Biomass and Its Application for High Durability Electrochemical Energy Storage
Wu-Jun Liu, Ke Tian, Yan-Rong He, Hong Jiang*, Han-Qing Yu Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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Corresponding author: Dr. Hong Jiang
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ABSTRACTS
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Disposal and recycling of the large scale biomass waste is of great concern.
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Themochemically converting the waste biomass to functional carbon nanomaterials and bio-
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oil is an environmentally-friendly apporach by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and air
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pollution caused by open burning. In this work, we reported a scalable, “green” method for
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the synthesis of the nanofibers/mesoporous carbon composites through pyrolysis of the
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Fe(III)-preloaded biomass, which is controllable by adjustment of temperature and additive of
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catalyst. It is found that the coupled catalytic action of both Fe and Cl species is able to
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effectively catalyze the growth of the carbon nanofibers on the mesoporous carbon and form
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magnetic nanofibers/mesoporous carbon composites (M-NMCCs). The mechanism for the
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growth of the nanofibers is proposed as an in-situ vapor deposition process, and confirmed by
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the XRD and SEM results. M-NMCCs can be directly used as electrode materials for
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electrochemical energy storage without further separation, and exhibit favorable energy
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storage performance with high EDLC capacitance, good retention capability, and excellent
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stability and durability (more than 98% capacitance retention after 10,000 cycles).
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Considering that biomass is a naturally abundant and renewable resource (over billions tons
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biomass produced every year globally) and pyrolysis is a proven technique, M-NMCCs can
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be easily produced at large scale and become a sustainable and reliable resource for clean
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energy storage.
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INTRODUCTION
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With the increasing of agricultural/industrial production or consumption, the generation
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of waste biomass has been greatly accelerated.1 For example, in China, it is estimated to
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generate more than 2.4 billion tons of waste biomass in the year 2010, an increase of 18.1%
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over the previous year.2 The waste biomass will be an abundantly available resources,
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whereas if mishandled, it will become a major source of environmental pollution. For instance,
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the energy contained in the biomass waste of China is amount to that of one billion of
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standard coal, while the fertilizer value of the nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) is more than
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that of the total chemical fertilizer produced in China. However, due to the lack of facilities,
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high labor costs, low economic benefit, and tough environmental regulations, it is not
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economically friendly to recycle the solid waste.3 Instead, most of the biomass waste are
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currently open burnt directly in many developing countries, causing serious environmental
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pollution. For example, the incineration of biomass waste will result in serious air pollution
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due to the emission of heavy metals, particulate matters (e.g., PM 2.5), and dioxin-like
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compounds during the combustion process.4-7 Therefore, it urgently needs to develop an
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environmentally friendly and economically feasible technology for recycling the large scale
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biomass waste.
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Fast pyrolysis, an thermochemical decomposition process of lignocellulosic biomass
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under anoxic conditions at an ultrahigh heating-up rate, has been heavily studied and
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commercially used in recent years8-10 (see Table S1 of Supporting Information (SI)). In a
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pyrolysis process, not only the renewable liquid fuel, but also the tons of biochar has been
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produced and has not found its value-added utilization. On the other hand, different
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carbonaceous materials, such as nanotubes and graphene, have been massively produced and
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found their application in separation, energy sorage, drug deliver, and bioimaging.11,12 For
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instance, carbonaceous materials are the most widely used electrical double layer capacitors
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(EDLC).13-15 Due to the more favorable cycle durability and electrical conductivity of the 4 ACS Paragon Plus Environment
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different carbonaceous materials have led to their use in almost 100% of commercial
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supercapacitors since 1960th.16 Conventional synthetic routes of cabon nanomaterials, such as
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chemical vapor deposition, and arc discharge synthesis, etc., usually need tedious and
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expensive synthesis paths as well as organic solvent and electrochemical treatment, which
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limit their large-scale production and commercialization.17-19 Although some researchers
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developed facile methods to prepare carbon nanomaterials by pyrolyzing silk and feathers,12,20
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using the complicated lignocellulosic biomass which contains ligin, cellulose, semicellulose,
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and ash to prepare carbon nanomaterials have not been found to date.
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Recently, we found that the functionalized carbonaceous materials could be formed in
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the pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass by adjusting the pyrolysis temperature.21,22 It is
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envisioned that we can develop a conceptually new method for in-situ growth of carbon fibers
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by catalytically reducing and depositing certain volatile low-molecular-weight organic
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compounds on the carbonaceous skeletons. In addition, the morphology and properties of as-
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prepared carbon composites could be tunable via deliberated adjustment of temperature and
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selection of catalysts. Thus, the main objective of this study is to (1) demostrate a new
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approach to synthesize magnetic nanofiber/mesoporous carbon composites (M-NMCCs) in
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one-pot by catalytic pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass with FeCl3, (2) evaluate the energy
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storage performance of M-NMCCs, and (3) reveal the formation mechanism of M-NMCCs.
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EXPERIMENTAL SECTION
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Materials. The biomass (sawdust, a naturally abundant lignocellulosic biomass waste) used in
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this work was collected from a local timber treatment plant in Hefei, China. Before used, the
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biomass was first washed several times with distilled water to remove the impurity particles
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and then dried at 378 K overnight. The dried biomass was then crushed by a high-speed rotary
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mesh) were screened for further use. The proximate analysis and elemental composition of the
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biomass was analyzed and shown in our previous work.23
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The precursor for the magnetic carbon nanofibers (M-NMCCs) was the Fe(III)-preloaded
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biomass, which was prepared in a biosorption process using sawdust as adsorbent at ambient
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temperature. Briefly, 10.0 g of sawdust and 1,000 mL of FeCl3 solution with a concentration
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of 10 mmol L–1 were mixed in a flask and shaken in a constant temperature oscillator at 200
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rpm for 300 min. Afterwards, the water in the mixture was evaporated under reduced pressure,
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and the solid residue was dried at 378 K overnight and sieved again to collect the particles
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with size smaller than 120 mesh, and the Fe-preloaded biomass with Fe content of
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approximately 1.0 mmol g–1 was obtained. For comparison, the Fe(III) preloaded biomass
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with other Fe source (e.g., Fe2(SO4)3 and Fe(NO3)3) and other metal preloaded biomass (e.g.,
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CuCl2 and NiCl2) were prepared in the same way.
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Synthesis of the M-NMCCs. The M-NMCCs were directly synthesized by fast
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pyrolysis of the Fe-loaded biomass under N2 flow. The fast pyrolysis experiments were
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performed in a pyrolyzed reactor described in our previous work.23 Briefly, A 4.0 g portion of
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the Fe-preloaded biomass sample was first placed in the feed pipe under a 400 mL min–1 of N2
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flow, which was maintained for 20 min to remove air from the pyrolysis system. Once the
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temperature rose to the setting value (873-1073 K), the Fe-loaded biomass sample was
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inserted into the quartz tubular reactor with a piston for pyrolysis. The volatiles produced in
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the pyrolysis process were swept out by the N2 flow (200 mL min–1), and condensed by cold
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ethanol to obtain bio-oil. When the fast pyrolysis process was accomplished, the solid residue
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in the heating zone was maintained for another one hour for further carbonization. Finally, the
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reactor was moved out of the heating zone and cooled in the N2 flow (200 mL min–1) to room
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temperature, and the M-NMCCs were obtained.
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Characterizations. The structural features of the M-NMCCs were investigated by
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nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherms, which were carried out at 77 K on a Micromeritics 6 ACS Paragon Plus Environment
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Gemini apparatus (ASAP 2020 M+C, Micromeritics, USA). The surface morphology of the
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M-NMCCs was analyzed by SEM (Sirion 200, FEI electron optics company, USA) coupled
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with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX, INCA energy, UK) and TEM (JEOL-2100F,
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Japan). The surface composition and chemical state of the M-NMCCs were studied by X-ray
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photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). XRD analysis of the M-NMCCs was carried out in an 18
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kW rotating anode X-ray diffractometer (MXPAHF, Rigaku, Japan) using nickel-filtered Cu
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Kα radiation source (30 kV/160 mA, λ=0.154056 nm). The Raman analysis of the M-NMCCs
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was performed in a Laser Raman spectrometer (LabRamHR, HORIBA Jobin Yvon, France).
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The radiation source was a laser operating at a wavelength of 514 nm and a power of 25 mW.
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Energy Storage Performance of the M-NMCCs. The electrochemical tests were
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conducted on a CHI 760D electrochemical workstation at room temperature in a three-
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electrode system, in which the Ag/AgCl electrode was used as a reference electrode, platinum
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wire was used as a counter electrode, and 0.5 mol L–1 of K2SO4 solution served as electrolyte.
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The work electrode was prepared by loading a slurry which consisted of 80 wt% active
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material (e.g., M-NMCCs), 10 wt% of conducting agent (carbon black), and 10 wt% of binder
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(polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) in methanol) on a nickel foam and dried at 353 K for 30 min.
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The determination and calculation of specific capacitance were described in Supporting
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Information (SI). The electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) of the material was
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analyzed in a frequency range of 0.01 to 100,000 Hz, at the open circuit voltage with an
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alternate current amplitude of 5 mV.
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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
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Effects of Temperature on the Structure and Composition of M-NMCCs. Pyrolysis
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temperature is a primary factor influencing the microstructure and morphology of M-NMCCs.
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Fig.S1 (623–773 K) and Fig. 1a-c (873–1073 K). As shown in Figures S1a, b, the nanofiber
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structure could not be formed at low pyrolysis temperatures (e.g., 623 and 673 K), while as
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the temperature was increased to 773 K, some small nanofiber structure was found in Fig. S1c.
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When the temperature was further increased to 873–1073 K, the nanofiber structure
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continuously grew to several micrometers long, suggesting that a high temperature was
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favorable to the growth of the nanofiber structure. The high coverage SEM images of the M-
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NMCCs are presented in Fig.S2, which shows that the carbon nanofibers tightly covered on
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the mesoporous carbon surface.
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Fig. 2a shows the Raman spectra of the M-NMCCs. The peaks around wavenumber of
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1355 and 1592 cm–1 are the characteristic D (defect) and G (graphitic) bands of carbon,
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respectively. The D band (~1355 cm–1) is attributed to the breathing mode of κ-point phonons
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of A1g symmetry, which reflects the disorder degree of the carbon materials, while the G band
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is ascribed to the E2g phonon of sp2 carbon atoms and reflects the graphitization degree of the
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carbon materials.24 For the M-NMCCs in this work, the intensity of D bands (ID) decreased
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with the increasing temperature, while the intensity of G bands (IG) increased with the
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increasing temperature. The high IG/ID value of the M-NMCCs-1073 indicates that the carbon
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nanofibers growing at a higher temperature had a greater graphitization degree, which is
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confirmed by the X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) results.
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The texture features of the M-NMCCs, e.g., surface area and pore structure, were
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analyzed by the nitrogen adsorption-desorption method. As shown in Fig. 2b, the nitrogen
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sorption isotherms of the M-NMCCs-873 and M-NMCCs-973 exhibited a typical IV type
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pattern according to the IUPAC classification,25 confirming the presence of mesopores in
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these materials. Strangely, differing from most of the porous materials reported
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previously,16,26 the adsorption and desorption branches of the M-NMCCs-873 and M-
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NMCCs-973 did not close completely in the relatively low pressures region. These
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materials, which trended to be collapsed under high-vacuum conditions in the nitrogen
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adsorption-desorption process. Similar results were also reported previously.27,28 Differing
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from the M-NMCCs-873 and M-NMCCs-973, the isotherm of the M-NMCCs-1073 exhibited
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a classic IV type pattern with an H2 type hysteresis loops, implying the presence of some
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macropores with non-uniform size and shape.29 With the nitrogen quantity adsorbed at
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different relative pressures, the surface properties (e.g., surface area, pore volume and size) of
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the M-NMCCs were calculated and are shown in Table S2. The Brunauer, Em-mett and Teller
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(BET) surface areas of the M-NMCCs decreased from 421.4 to 360.0 m2 g–1 with an increase
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in the pyrolysis temperature. The micropore area and volume were dominant in the M-
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NMCCs-873 and M-NMCCs-973, but significantly decreased in the M-NMCCs-1073,
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indicating that a high pyrolysis temperature is favorable to the growth of the pore size and
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volume.
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The transformation of the Fe species in the pyrolysis process was monitored by XRD
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(Fig. 2c). The pattern of the M-NMCCs-873 shows 7 peaks at 2θ of 30.1°, 35.7°, 37.1°, 43.2°,
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53.6°, 56.9°, and 62.7°, which are attributed to the Fe3O4 lattice planes (JCPDS, 19-0629).
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For the M-NMCCs-973, the new peak at 2θ of 40.6° is assigned to the Fe3C (201) lattice
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plane (JCPDS, 35-0772). With a further increase in the pyrolysis temperature to 1073 K, the
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Fe3O4 crystalline phase disappeared, but metallic Fe and Fe3C crystalline were formed.
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Furthermore, a strong peak due to graphitic carbon (2θ=26.1°) was observed for the M-
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NMCCs-1073, indicating the formation of the graphitic carbon at high temperatures with the
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catalysis of the Fe species.30
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With the XRD results, the transformation of the Fe species in the pyrolysis process can
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be explained by Eqs. 1–4: Fe3+ was initially hydrolyzed to some amorphous Fe species (e.g.,
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Fe(OH)3 and FeO(OH)) at 623 K (XRD pattern a in Fig. S3); The amorphous Fe species were
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then transformed to Fe2O3 at 673 K (XRD pattern b in Fig. S3), which was further reduced to
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CO, and amorphous carbon) formed in the biomass pyrolysis process.
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metallic Fe was attributed to the further reduction of the Fe3O4 by the amorphous carbon
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formed during biomass pyrolysis process, while the formation of Fe3C was mainly due to the
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partial dissolution of carbon atoms into metallic Fe.33 The energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX)
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spectroscopy reveals that there was 3.79 atom% of Fe in the material, but there were no
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nanoparticles of Fe species (e.g., Fe, Fe3C, and Fe3O4) in the SEM images (Fig.S4), the
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possible reason may be that the Fe species were coated by the in situ grown carbon nanofibers.
The formation of
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Fe3++3H2O →Fe(OH)3+3H+
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Fe(OH)3→FeO(OH) →Fe2O3
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3Fe2O3+4H2(CO, C)→2Fe3O4+4H2O(CO2, CO)↑
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Fe3O4+4C →3Fe+4CO ↑
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Effects of Catalysis on the Growing of the Nanofibers. As shown in Fig. 3, the Fe(III)-
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preloaded biomass was pyrolyzed to produce bio-oil, a renewable liquid as fuel or source of
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chemicals,8, 34 meanwhile to obtain M-NMCCs. It is a rapid, cost-effective, organic solution
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free, and readily-scalable route to prepare M-NMCCs. Another important factor affcting the
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formation of M-NMCCs was the catalyst, and numerous studies were undertaken to prepare
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nanofibers by catalysis and activation of metalic compounds. It is reported that iron
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compounds can catalyze the formation of carbon nanofibers and metal chloride can activate
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the porous carbon.35,36 However, we found that not all ferric salts and chloride can catalyze
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the formation of M-NMCCs. The nanofibers have not formed by pyrolysis of Fe(NO3)3 and
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Fe2(SO4)3) or CuCl2 and NiCl2 preloaded biomass (Fig.S5). Hence, it is supposed that the
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formation of the carbon nanofiber structure was the combined catalytic effects of both Fe(III)
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and Cl–. To verify this assumption, we pyrolyzed the Fe(NO3)3 and CuCl2 co-loaded biomass,
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in which Fe(III) and Cl– coexisted, the produced materials exhibited carbon nanofiber
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structure (Fig.S6). In the thermochemical reaction process without oxygen, FeCl3 can improve
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CH4, C2H4 and C2H2.37 These hydrocarbons, can deposit on the in-situ formed Fe species, e.g.,
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Fe3O4 and Fe3C, to grow the carbon nanofibers in a way similar to the chemical vapor
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deposition process (Fig.3). As evidenced by the transmission electron microscope (TEM)
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images (insert in Fig. 1a-c), some Fe species nanoparticles were observed on the bottom of the
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carbon nanofibers, suggesting the deposition and growth of the carbon nanofibers on the Fe
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species. For Fe(NO3)3 and Fe2(SO4)3, despite of their catalysis on the carbon nanofiber growth,
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they could not catalyze the formation of small-molecular-weight hydrocarbons, which are the
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carbon source for the growth of carbon nanofibers. While for CuCl2 and NiCl2, they have the
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similar effects on the catalytic formation of the small-molecular-weight hydrocarbons in
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biomass pyrolysis process, but could not catalyze the deposition and growth of the carbon
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nanofibers. To further confirm the vapor deposition and growth mechanism, we carried out
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another pyrolysis experiment, in which the feedstock was the FeCl3-preloaded biochar
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(without further release of small-molecular-weight hydrocarbons). As shown in Fig.S7,
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though the Fe3O4, Fe, and Fe3C species could be found in the XRD patterns of the products
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after pyrolysis, the carbon nanofiber structure could not be observed in the SEM images
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Application of the M-NMCCs for Electrochemical Energy Storage. To explore the
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potential applications of the as-synthesized M-NMCCs, the materials were fabricated into
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supercapacitor electrodes and characterized with cyclic voltammograms (CV) measurements.
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Fig. 4a shows the CV curves of the M-NMCCs prepared at different temperatures. The M-
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NMCCs-1073 exhibited almost rectangular and symmetric CVs, indicating that the dominant
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contribution of the capacitance was originated from EDLC38,39 The specific capacitance of the
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M-NMCCs-1073 calculated from its CV curve with a potential scan rate of 50 mV s–1 was 89
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F g–1, much higher than those of other two M-NMCCs (17 and 24 F g–1 for the M-NMCCs-
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that the mesopore and macropore structure can improve the infinitely fast ion transport and
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decrease the ion “traffic jam” within the pores.40,41 As stated by Dahn et al.,42 When the pores
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size is less than 1.5 nm in diameter, it can be fully filled by the adsorbed electrolyte ions,
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causing ion “traffic jam”. While for the large mesopores, due to its big size, it can
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accommodate more ions within its pore structure.43,44 As the GCD curves shown in Fig. 4d,
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there is a plateau close to 0 V in the charged curve, suggesting that more electrolyte ions can
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accommodate, agreeing with the above discussion well.
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Moreover, the carbon nanofibers were found to enhance the ion diffusion in the electrode
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and act as electronic bridges between the activated carbon particles, thus greatly improving
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the capacitance performance of the M-NMCCs-1073.45 Furthermore, as revealed by the
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Raman spectra (Fig. 3a), the M-NMCCs-1073 showed a higher graphitization degree,
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endowing it with a good electronic conductivity, thus improving its capacitance
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performance.46 We also compared the capacitance performance of the carbon materials
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synthesized by pyrolysis of different Fe(III) (including FeCl3, Fe(NO3)3 and Fe2(SO4)3)
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preloaded biomass (Fig. S9), the specific capacitances of the carbon materials derived from
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Fe(NO3)3 and Fe2(SO4)3 preloaded biomass are only 19 and 21 F g–1 at scan rate of 50 mV s–1,
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much lower than that of the carbon materials derived from FeCl3 (i.e., M-NMCCs-1073, 89 F
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g–1 at 50 mV s–1). The main reason for this phenomenon is that there is no carbon nanofiber
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structure in the carbon materials derived from the Fe(NO3)3 and Fe2(SO4)3 preloaded biomass
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(Fig. S5) and cannot effectively diffuse the ions and transport the electrons between the
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Fig. 4b shows the CV curves of the M-NMCCs-1073 at different potential scan rates.
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a further increase in the potential scan rate to 150 and 200 mV s–1, the CV curves were
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was up to 128 F g–1 at a potential scan rate of 2 mV s–1 (Fig. 4c), and the capacitance per
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surface area reached 0.36 F m–2, much higher than those of many other electric double-layer
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capacitances reported previously (Table S3).
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When the potential scan rate was continuously increased to 10 and then to 200 mV s–1,
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the specific capacitance decreased to 101 and 54 F g–1, respectively. Such a decrease in the
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specific capacitance was universal, which was possibly caused by the insufficient time
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available for ion diffusion and transport inside the pores in the materials.19,48 Indeed, at a
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potential scan rate of 200 mV s–1, the distortion of the rectangular shape of the CV curve was
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clearly observed (Fig. S11, SI), which is a characteristic of ion diffusion and transport being
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restricted on the EDLC electrode surface.48 To further understand the ion diffusion and
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transport characteristic of the M-NMCCs-1073 at different scan rates, the Trasatti’s method
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was used to analyze the contribution of the total charge stored, which was described by the
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following equation (Eq.5):
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where q (F/g) is the total stored charge involved in the slow access of electrolyte ions into the
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outer surface, k is a constant, and the kv-0.5 is the stored charge controlled by diffusion. The
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values of k and q0 can be obtained by plotting the v-0.5 dependence of the total stored charge.
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Based on the above analysis, the stored charge controlled by the diffusion (kv-0.5) as a
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function of the scan rates was presented in the insert of Fig. 4c, which further confirmed that
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with the increasing of the scan rate, the diffusion of the ions into the electrode materials is
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greatly restrained, thus causing the decrease of the specific capacitance. A small hump was
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also observed at 0.4–0.6 V (vs Ag/AgCl) of the CV curves (Fig.4b), which can be attributed
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are Fe3O4 and Fe3C, which are very stable and hard to be released from composites after acid
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electrode system. As shown in the GCD curves (Fig. 4d), the discharging curves show a small
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Ohmic drop of at its start, which is attributed to the present of internal resistance in the
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electrode materials.52 This internal resistance, as analyzed by the electrochemical impedance
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spectroscopy, was 1.26 Ω. The specific capacitance was 99.1 F g–1 at a current density of 0.5
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A g–1, and decreased to 72.0 F g–1 with an increase in the current density to 6.0 A g–1. About
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72.6% of the specific capacitance was retained when the current density was increased from
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between the ions and the electrode materials become deficient with the increase in current
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P=
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GCD curves, P is the power density (W g–1), ∆V (V) is the potential change within the
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discharge time ∆t (s). A Ragone plot is presented in Fig. 4e for the M-NMCCs-1073, which
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shows that the energy density for the electrode material is about 11.3 Wh/kg at a current
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density of 0.5 A g–1, and still keeps at 8.0 Wh/kg at a high current density of 6 A g–1. Note
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that for the state-of-the-art of current electrochemical energy storage devices, the
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specifications of the energy density are 70-100 and 5-8 wh/kg for the lithium ion batteries and
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commercial carbon supercapacitors, respectively,54,55 electrodes materials from this work
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could deliver energy densities slightly better than those of state-of-the-art commercial carbon
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supercapacitors.
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The capacitive behavior of the M-NMCCs-1073 was further investigated by the
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electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), in which the transport characteristics of the
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charge carriers within the electrode material were illuminated. The EIS spectrum of the M-
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NMCCs-1073 electrode was presented in Fig. 4f, and an equivalent circuit (lower inset of
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Fig.3f) was proposed to fit the spectrum.56 This equivalent circuit was composed of Rs, a
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resistor accounting for the solution resistance between the reference electrode (Ag/AgCl) and
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the working electrode (M-NMCCs-1073); Rict, an electrode-electrolyte interfacial charge
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transfer resistor; Zw, a finite length Warburg diffusion element including the encountered
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impedances when the electrolyte ions diffuse from the bulk to the electrode-electrolyte
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interfaces; Rect, a reaction electron transfer resistor accounting for the electron transfer
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resistance involved in the redox reactions; Cdlc, a capacitor accounting for the electrical
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double layers formed on the surfaces of the composite electrode in contact with the
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electrolyte; and Cp, a capacitor accounting for the psudocapacitance generated from the
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Faradaic redox reactions of the electrode material.
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As shown in Fig. 4f, a semicircle was found at decreasing frequency, which was more
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clearly observed from the upper inset of Fig. 4f, indicating that the composite interfacial
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impedance and psudocapacitance impedance were non-negligible.57 An ‘onset’ frequency can
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be defined as the highest frequency where the impedance begins to be dominated by the
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capacitive behavior (i.e., the Nyquist plot starts to go vertical), which reflects the highest
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frequency to achieve most of the capacitance.38 The ‘onset’ frequency of the M-NMCCs-1073
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is 89 Hz, higher than many other carbon supercapacitors (e.g., 50 Hz),38 indicating the fast
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electrolyte ion transfer in the electrode material.
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One of the most important advantages for the EDLC electrode material is its durability
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and stability. The long term cycle performance of the M-NMCCs-1073 was evaluated by the
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CV measurements at a potential scan rate of 50 mV s–1 (Fig. 4g). The specific capacitance still
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remained at about 87.4 F g–1 after 10,000 cycles, more than 98% retention of the initial
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capacitance (89.1 F g–1), indicating an excellent durability of the M-NMCCs-1073 used as a
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supercapacitive electrode material. Furthermore, the rectangle shape of CV curves remained
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unchanged even after 10,000 times of CV scan, showing the favorable stability of the
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materials.
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Environmental Implications. Energy storage in supercapacitors is mainly based on the
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diffusion and transport of electrolyte ions on the surface of electrode materials.58 The
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complicated porous structures and disordered texture of porous carbon often limits the
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electron transfer efficiency and results in a poor electrical conductivity, thus greatly limiting
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the performance of the supercapacitors.59 An effective method for this problem is to
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composite the highly conductive carbon frame, e.g., carbon nanotubes and nanofibers, on
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porous activated carbon, in which the carbon nanotubes/nanofibers can act as a structural
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frame and an electron collector to improve the electron transfer in the electrochemical energy
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storage
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nanofibers/mesoporous carbon composites have much better performance in EDLC energy
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stroage due to the synergistic effects of nanofibers and mesoporous carbon in which the
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mesoporous carbon can offer more accessible surface area and pore structure for the migration
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and diffusion of the electrolyte ions, thus improving the electrochemical energy storage
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performance.61 Therefore, in this study, about 45%-50% of the initial biomass feedstock can
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be converted to nanofibers/mesoporous carbon composites, all of which could be used as
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supercapacitors.
process.60
Whereas,
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98% capacitance retention after 10,000 cycles) can make them find its applications in many
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consumer pocket electronics. Considering that biomass is a naturally abundant and renewable
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resource (over billions tons biomass produced every year globally) and pyrolysis is a proven
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technique, the M-NMCCs can be easily produced at large scale and become a sustainable and
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reliable resource for clean energy storage. In addition, a notable observation is that the
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aggregation of the carbon nanofibers was avoided in pyrolysis, which might be one of the
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factors responsible for the high performance of M-NMCCs. Besides, we also found that both
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the yield and quality of bio-oil derived from the FeCl3 proloaded biomass have been improved
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(Table S4 and Fig.S11), which is beneficial to the large-scale application of this technology.
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Supporting Information
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Tables S1-S4 and Figures S1-S11 is provided as supporting information for this manuscript.
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This material is available via the Internet at http://pubs.acs.org
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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This work is sponsored by the Key Special Program on the S&T for the Pollution Control and
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Treatment of Water Bodies (No.2012ZX07103-001), National 863 Program (2012AA063608-
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01), National Key Technology R&D Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology
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(2012BAJ08B00).
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Figure 1. SEM and TEM (insert) images of the M-NMCCs: (a) M-NMCCs-873; (b) M-
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NMCCs-973; and (c) M-NMCCs-1073.
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Figure 2. (a) Raman spectra of the M-NMCCs; (b) nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherms
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of the M-NMCCs; and (c) XRD patterns of the M-NMCCs.
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Figure 3. Schematic and mechanism illustration of the synthesis of the magnetic carbon
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nanofiber from the lignocellulosic biomass waste.
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Figure 4. Electrochemical performance of the M-NMCCs in a three-electrode system. (a)
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Cyclic voltammograms (CV) curves of M-NMCCs synthesized at different temperature
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(potential scan rate: 50 mV s-1); (b) CV curves of the M-NMCCs-1073 at different potential
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scan rate; (c) Specific capacitances of the M-NMCCs-1073 at different potential scan rate; (d)
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Galvanostatic charge-discharge curves of M-NMCCs-1073 at different current densities; (e)
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Ragone plots of the M-NMCCs-1073; (f) Electrochemical impedance spectra (Nyquist plot)
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of the M-NMCCs-1073, the upper inset is an enlargement of the high-frequency region of the
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Nyquist plot, and the lower inset is the proposed equivalent circuit. (g) Long term cycling
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performance of M-NMCCs-1073 (potential scan rate: 50 mV s-1).
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