From waste paper basket to solid state and Li-HEC ultracapacitor electrodes : a value added journey for shredded office paper

• Main Authors: Puthusseri, Dhanya, Aravindan, Vanchiappan, Anothumakkool, Bihag, Kurungot, Sreekumar, Madhavi, Srinivasan, Ogale, Satishchandra
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/101810; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/20488
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Hydrothermal processing followed by controlled pyrolysis of used white office paper (a globally collectable shredded paper waste) are performed to obtain high surface area carbon with hierarchical pore size distribution. The BET specific surface area of such carbon is 2341 m2 g−1. The interconnected...