Ruthenium Nanoparticles Decorated Curl-like Porous Carbons for High Performance Supercapacitors

Overview

Journal Sci Rep

Specialty Science

Date 2016 Jan 29

PMID 26818461

Citations 8

Authors

Bih-Show Lou

Pitchaimani Veerakumar

Shen-Ming Chen

Vediyappan Veeramani

Rajesh Madhu

Shang-Bin Liu

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Abstract

The synthesis of highly dispersed and stable ruthenium nanoparticles (RuNPs; ca. 2-3 nm) on porous activated carbons derived from Moringa Oleifera fruit shells (MOC) is reported and were exploited for supercapacitor applications. The Ru/MOC composites so fabricated using the biowaste carbon source and ruthenium acetylacetonate as the co-feeding metal precursors were activated at elevated temperatures (600-900 (o)C) in the presence of ZnCl2 as the pore generating and chemical activating agent. The as-prepared MOC carbonized at 900 (o)C was found to possess a high specific surface area (2522 m(2) g(-1)) and co-existing micro- and mesoporosities. Upon incorporating RuNPs, the Ru/MOC nanocomposites loaded with modest amount of metallic Ru (1.0-1.5 wt%) exhibit remarkable electrochemical and capacitive properties, achiving a maximum capacitance of 291 F g(-1) at a current density of 1 A g(-1) in 1.0 M H2SO4 electrolyte. These highly stable and durable Ru/MOC electrodes, which can be facily fabricated by the eco-friendly and cost-effective route, should have great potentials for practical applications in energy storage, biosensing, and catalysis.

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