ASEAN Journal of Chemical Engineering
Vol 22, No 1 (2022)

Design, Fabrication, and Testing of Supercapacitor Based on Nanocarbon Composite Material

Heri rustamaji Rustamaji (Department of Chemical Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung 40132 Indonesia)
Tirto Prakoso (Department of Chemical Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung 40132 Indonesia)
Hary Devianto (Department of Chemical Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung 40132 Indonesia)
Pramujo Widiatmoko (Department of Chemical Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung 40132 Indonesia)
Isdiriayani Nurdin (Department of Chemical Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung 40132 Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Jun 2022

Abstract

This research investigates the design, fabrication, and testing of single-cell and module supercapacitors. The supercapacitor consists of carbon nanocomposites, which contain activated carbon (AC), multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT), and graphene (GR). The coin and pouch cell type supercapacitors were manufactured with AC: MWCNT: GR composite electrodes in a ratio of 70:20:10 weight percent. Meanwhile, the electrochemical characterization showed that the highest capacitance values for single coin and pouch cells were 32.13 F g-1 and 5.3 F g-1, respectively, in 6 M KOH electrolyte at a scan rate of 2 mV s-1. Furthermore, the power and energy densities for the coin-cell supercapacitor were 69 W kg-1 and 6.6 Wh kg-1, respectively, while for the pouch cell, it was 7.4 W kg-1 and 1.0 Wh kg-1, respectively. The coin-cell supercapacitor durability test was carried out for 1000 cycles, yielding the retention capacitance and coulombic efficiency values of 94-97% and 100%, respectively. These results showed that the performance of the supercapacitor is close to commercial products. 

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Journal Info

Abbrev

AJChE

Publisher

Subject

Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Chemical Engineering, Chemistry & Bioengineering Chemistry

Description

The ASEAN Journal of Chemical Engineering publishes papers on Chemical Engineering, specifically but not limited to the areas of thermodynamics, reaction kinetics, transport phenomena, process control, environment, energy, biotechnology, corrosion, separation science, powder technology, materials ...