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Exploration of O-N-S heteroatom self-doped mesoporous activated carbon derived from Datura stramonium seed pods as a potential electrode for supercapacitor application

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Bio-derived carbon with distinctive electrical conductivity, electrochemical property, and surface chemistry plays a vital role in the field of energy storage applications. In present work, activated carbon (AC) from D. stramonium seed pod in a cost-effective manner and the electrochemical properties were improved by self-doping of heteroatoms (O, N, S). The 1 M of KOH-induced, O-N-S-doped AC possesses high surface area of 1390 m2/g, 3D-interconnected network-like structure. The O-N-S-doped bio-derived AC activated by 1 M of KOH electrode exhibits specific capacitance of 665.8 F/g at 5 mV/s in three-electrode system and 166.6 F/g at 5 mV/s in supercapacitor (SC) device. The cyclic stability of Z3 was found to be 65% for 5000 cycles in three-electrode systems and 79.07% remains after 1000 cycles in a two-electrode device. The fabricated SC device delivers high energy density of 29.25 Wh/kg at a power density of 2700 W/kg.

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The authors extend their appreciation to the Researchers Supporting Project number (RSP-2021/396), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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  1. PG and Research Department of Physics, Arignar Anna Government Arts College, Namakkal-02, Tamil Nadu, India

    Dhinesh Subramanian & Gobi Raju

  2. Department of Physics, Kings Engineering College, Sriperumbudur, 602117, Tamil Nadu, India

    Baskaran Palanivel

  3. Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia

    Nabil Al-Zaqri

  4. Department of Innovation Systems Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Utsunomiya University, Yoto 7-1-2, Utsunomiya, 321-8585, Japan

    Md Shahadat Hossain

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Subramanian, D., Raju, G., Palanivel, B. et al. Exploration of O-N-S heteroatom self-doped mesoporous activated carbon derived from Datura stramonium seed pods as a potential electrode for supercapacitor application. Ionics 28, 2363–2375 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-022-04464-z

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