Cost-effective porous carbon materials synthesized by carbonizing rice husk and K2CO3 activation and their application for lithium-sulfur batteries

• Main Authors: Mai, Thanh-Tung, Vu, Duc-Luong, Huynh, Dang- Chinh, Wu, Nae-Li, Le, Anh-Tuan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2019
• Subjects: Rice husk; Cathode material; Carbonization process; Activated carbon; Lithium-sulfur batteries
• Online Access: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/67720; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsamd.2019.04.009
• Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi

In this work, we developed highly porous activated carbon (AC) materials with micro/meso porosity through carbonizing rice husk and treating them with K2CO3. Elemental sulfur was then loaded to the micropores through a solution infiltration method to form rice husk-derived activated carbon (RHAC)@...