CARBON CARBON SUPERCAPACITOR

~ Wl1$le used in this pro~ was taken from Ethylene Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. Normally
this waste will dispose after send to Kuafiti Afam Sdn BM The main aim of this Jll~ is to
add value of this ~s waste by utilizing its tarbOO properties~ by t1u: ltJllleri;tl
While Li-ion ~ temporarily ~ (lllthusiasm fur ~itor-based ~
demand for pow«..ftultgty applieatioos bas sparked a murgenc:e m intel'e$t in supercapacitoB.
The overall market is expected to expand from $201 millioo last year, to an $817 million JJ1alb:t
in 2014, acoording to a new report from Lux Researcht l }. 'Ihus, :further study was conduded to
use carbona.c.eoti waste as ~imr. By oomg ~hiS, the company may get profit aDd COli(T
~~~~ maintenance toSt m ptMt.
hl this project, the expe:r~ was ~· to ~ the waste fot ~vation ~·
plll'pOse. Then, it wilt be characterized befure assemble as s~imr. Cbaracterlmtion is
·~to monitor the~ of~ waste. The study totmt this~
~al bas been ~ iAA. Some of tesearcb bad been done lind literature was collected in
order to study the factor that may affect capacitance of~- The expe~iment is divided in 3
IJllft, wllich is the fll'!lt pan is to do the treatment of cadJomlceous waste; the second part is m
C~ze the WRI~tiltldtbe. fast.~ iil.touse1he treated~ as s~u
perfon:mmce evaluation. Electrochemical pedilnnaoce of .t:apaciter from commercial ~·and
from carlxmaceous waste is also·compated· and evaluated.
Further stuoJeS ~ld be earrled· out to optimize the charge-disc:harge capacity and !he
ef&iency of capacitor using this IIUiterial. As conclusion, this study has proved that this specific
cariJonaceous waste is able to act as electmde in eleetroebemil:af ~ with discharge
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