AINHOA ALVAREZ GOMEZ

Mrs. AINHOA ALVAREZ GOMEZ


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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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24 November 2022 in Polymers
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AGAINHOA ALVAREZ GOMEZ
AINHOA ALVAREZ GOMEZ
JYJiayin Yuan
Jiayin Yuan
Juan Pedro Fernandez BlazquezJuan Pedro Fernandez Blazquez
Juan Pedro Fernandez Blazquez
Veronica San-MiguelVeronica San-Miguel
Veronica San-Miguel
MSMaría Bernarda Serrano
María Bernarda Serrano
The use of block copolymers as a sacrificial template has been demonstrated to be a powerful method for obtaining porous carbons as electrode materials in energy storage devices. In this work, a block copolymer of polystyrene and polyacrylonitrile (PS−b−PAN) has been used as a precursor to produce fibers by electrospinning and powdered carbons, showing high carbon yield (~50%) due to a low sacrificial block content (fPS ≈ 0.16). Both materials have been compared structurally (in addition to comparing their electrochemical behavior). The porous carbon fibers showed superior pore formation capability and exhibited a hierarchical porous structure, with small and large mesopores and a relatively high surface area (~492 m2/g) with a considerable quantity of O/N surface content, which translates into outstanding electrochemical performance with excellent cycle stability (close to 100% capacitance retention after 10,000 cycles) and high capacitance value (254 F/g measured at 1 A/g).