Sustainable carbon for energy storage applications: investigation on chemical refinements of sorghum biomass for tuneability of carbon structures and supercapacitor performance

2024/12/05 by Rana Arslan Afzal, Pratheep K. Annamalai, Mike Tebyetekerwa +4 · 1 voice · 1 citation
Engineering · Materials Science · #Biofuel production and bioconversion #Catalysis for Biomass Conversion #Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication

paper · pdf · doi:10.1039/d4su00569d

openalex publication_date 2024/12/05 · openalex created_date 2024/12/06 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02

Abstract

This study links sorghum biomass characteristics, such as lignocellulosic composition and morphology, to carbon properties like surface area, porosity, and electrochemical performance. Cellulose enrichment resulted in porous graphitic carbons with enhanced capacitance.

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