Abstract
The polysaccharide carrageenan is used as a natural precursor to prepare micro-mesoporous carbon spheres. The carbon spheres were synthesized by hydrothermal carbonization of carrageenan, and subsequent chemical activation by KOH at different temperatures. The obtained micro-mesoporous carbon spheres have high surface area (up to 2502 m2 g−1) and large pore volume (up to 1.43 cm3 g−1). Moreover, the micro- and mesoporosity can be finely tuned be modifying the activation temperatures in the range of 700–900 °C. The carbon spheres activated at 900 °C present high specific capacitance of 230 F g−1 at a current density of 1 A g−1 and good ion transport kinetics. The good capacitive performance can be ascribed to the high specific surface area, well-controlled micro- and mesoporosity and narrow pore size distribution.
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