A5051730154- Advancements in Battery Materials
- Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
- Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
- Conducting polymers and applications
- Dielectric materials and actuators
- Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
- Carbon Nanotubes in Composites
- Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies
- Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites
- MXene and MAX Phase Materials
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Polymer crystallization and properties
- Electromagnetic wave absorption materials
- Extraction and Separation Processes
- Polymer composites and self-healing
University of British Columbia
2021-2025
Okanagan University College
2025
University of Calgary
2017
Abstract Plastic pollution poses a significant threat to the global health and ecosystem. Repurposing plastic wastes for sustainable energy is promising approach mitigate problem. In this study, waste‐derived activated carbon (PWC) synthesized from nonrecyclable waste used as cathode material in lithium–selenium (Li–Se) batteries zinc‐ion hybrid supercapacitors (ZHCs). Increasing activation temperature (500–800 °C) enhances specific surface area pore volume tailors porous structure of PWC...
This study intends to show the potential application of a non-recyclable plastic waste towards development electrically conductive nanocomposites. Herein, nanofiller and binding matrix are carbon nanotubes (CNT) polystyrene (PS), respectively, material is foam consisting mainly vulcanized nitrile butadiene rubber polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Two nanocomposite systems, i.e., PS/Waste/CNT PS/CNT, with different compositions were melt-blended in mixer characterized for electrical properties....
The Cover Feature shows that molybdenum sulfide (MoS2) nanoflowers have enabled high-energy, high-power, and scalable lithium-ion capacitor pouch cells for electric vehicle applications. excellent performance was attributed to the fast surface redox reactions on MoS2 electrode with tailored two-dimensional nanostructure nanoflower morphology overcome sluggish kinetics in conventional capacitors. More information can be found Research Article by J. Liu co-workers (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202400907).
Selenium (Se) has a high specific capacity, rendering it promising cathode material for rechargeable lithium (Li) batteries. Yet, challenges arise due to irreversible reactions and the shuttle effect in contact with electrolytes. This study addresses these issues by confining Se within microporous carbon derived from non-recyclable plastic waste through two-step carbonization/activation process. The resulting waste-derived (PWC) serves as host Se, forming composites melt diffusion electrode...
Selenium is considered as a promising cathode material for lithium-ion batteries due to its high electrical conductivity (10 −3 S m −1 ) and volumetric capacity (3253 mA h cm ). Though, feasibility of high-performance lithium-selenium (Li-Se) depends on designing cost-effective substrate Se with desired porous structure. In this study, carbon was synthesized from soybean in two-step carbonization/activation process used host develop batteries. The activated carbon/selenium (C/Se) composites...
Selenium (Se) is a promising cathode material for rechargeable lithium batteries due to its prominent volumetric capacity and relatively high electrical conductivity. However, designing sustainable cost-effective porous carbon as Se host in the with appealing electrochemical performance challenge. Herein, hierarchically was synthesized from soybean carbonization/activation process used develop selenium lithium-selenium (Li-Se) batteries. The effect of activation temperature (500, 600, 700...