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ArticleScientific reports2025

Green synthesized of zinc oxide nanoparticles and calcined biowaste for sustainable electrodes to asymmetric supercapacitors.

Serra Ersoy, Mohamad Hasan Aleinawi, Emre Erdem, Figen Kaya, Cengiz Kaya, Bahattin Koc

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Article in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Sustainable ZnO/ZnGels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Serra ErsoyDepartment of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Yildiz Technical University, 34220, Istanbul, Turkey.
Mohamad Hasan AleinawiFaculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabanci University, 34956, Istanbul, Turkey.
Emre ErdemFaculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabanci University, 34956, Istanbul, Turkey.
Figen KayaDepartment of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Yildiz Technical University, 34220, Istanbul, Turkey.
Cengiz KayaDepartment of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Yildiz Technical University, 34220, Istanbul, Turkey.
Bahattin KocFaculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabanci University, 34956, Istanbul, Turkey. bahattinkoc@sabanciuniv.edu.

Funding

Tübitak 221M539Yildiz Teknik Üniversitesi FBA-2024 6093
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Green synthesis is increasingly popular due to the focus on sustainability and biowaste recycling. This study explores zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) synthesized using broccoli extract, with carbon powder derived from calcined broccoli pulp as an alternative to commercial carbon in electrochemical slurries. Powders were characterized, and slurries were prepared in a three-electrode system with 6 molar (M) potassium hydroxide (KOH) electrolyte. Results showed that biowaste carbon in 50–70 nm ZnO NPs slurry increased specific capacitance by 74.64 Farad/gram (F/g). The ZnO NPs/biowaste carbon powder retained 64% stability after 500 cycles, with 400 degrees Celsius (°C) identified as the optimal calcination temperature for asymmetric supercapacitors. Thanks to this study, the energy applications of materials produced by recycling biowaste in a sustainable and non-toxic way have been examined in detail for the first time.

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Biowaste recyclingEco-friendly synthesisSupercapacitorsSustainabilityTransition metal oxides

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PMID41249253
PMCPMC12624125

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