The invention relates to a method for preparing an aqueous
zinc-
iodine battery
biochar positive
electrode material from leather waste. The method comprises the following steps: pretreating the leather waste, and carrying out enzymolysis by using various
proteases (
alkaline protease,
neutral protease and acid
protease) under specific conditions; and then carrying out
plasma treatment (adopting
argon or
oxygen as working gas, specific gas flow, specific power and specific
treatment time) and activating treatment (adopting
phosphoric acid or
potassium hydroxide as an activating agent, specific
activation temperature and specific activation time) to obtain the
porous carbon with the specific surface area being greater than or equal to 1000m / g, the
porosity being greater than or equal to 50%, the total pore volume being greater than or equal to 0.5 cm / g, the surface being rich in functional groups such as amino, carboxyl and hydroxyl and the like, and the pore volume being greater than or equal to 0.5 cm / g. The material contains an active biological carbon material doped with elements such as
nitrogen,
phosphorus and
sulfur. The active biological carbon material provided by the invention can be used as an aqueous
zinc-
iodine battery positive
electrode material, can effectively improve the
utilization rate of
iodine, and can enhance the charge-
discharge efficiency, cycle stability and other performances of the battery. The preparation method is novel, leather waste is used as a
raw material, the preparation method has the advantages of low cost,
environmental protection and the like, accurate regulation and control of the active biological carbon material are realized through an enzymolysis-
plasma-activation three-stage combination technology, and a new way is provided for preparation of the aqueous
zinc-iodine battery positive
electrode material.