@article{bf35164a1c764d18ba41d08ce7fb63b6,
title = "A hollow spherical carbon derived from the spray drying of corncob lignin for high-rate-performance supercapacitors",
abstract = "Controlling the microstructure of biomass-derived carbon is of essential importance for directing its use. Herein, a hollow spherical carbon (HSC) was prepared from corncob lignin through spray drying and subsequent heat treatment. The HSC, which is characterized by its hierarchically porous structure, delivers high rate capability when it is directly used as electrode material for supercapacitors. This strategy that uses lignin as the precursor avoids the intrinsic difficulty in tuning the microstructure of the biomass-derived carbons and is suitable for mass production for practical use.",
keywords = "Biomass, Carbon, Rate performance, Spray drying, Supercapacitors",
author = "Pan, {Zheng Ze} and Liubing Dong and Wei Lv and Dequn Zheng and Zhengjie Li and Chong Luo and Cheng Zheng and Yang, {Quan Hong} and Feiyu Kang",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by National Basic Research Program of China (2014CB932400), National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51525204, 51372167 and U1401243) and Shenzhen Basic Research Project (Nos. ZDSYS20140509172959981, JCYJ20150529164918734, JCYJ20150331151358140 and JCYJ20150331151358136). We thank J. Liu for suggestions on the manuscript. We would also like to thank L. Xu and Z. Wang for their help on spray drying. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.",
year = "2017",
month = mar,
day = "2",
doi = "10.1002/asia.201601724",
language = "English",
volume = "12",
pages = "503--506",
journal = "Chemistry - An Asian Journal",
issn = "1861-4728",
publisher = "John Wiley and Sons Ltd",
number = "5",
}