Large Scale Fabrication of Functionalised Carbon Nano-Materials

Perpetuus Carbon Technologies(PCT)是一家威尔士公司，专门从事工业规模的碳纳米结构(碳纳米材料、石墨烯纳米片)的制造，用于各种工业应用。这些材料可以使用具有成本效益和环保的程序在吨级进行生产。Perpetuus生产一种多孔纳米碳，其容量为每克50法拉，因此，有可能包括在电池和超级电容器中，与全球市场上现有的其他此类组件相比，它将提供更高的容量。该项目的总体目标是测试功能化碳纳米材料(石墨烯纳米片和碳纳米管)作为导电材料应用于能源部门，如电池和超级电容器。开发的碳纳米材料具有非常高的表面积和高导电性，这使它们成为电池和超级电容器的电极材料具有吸引力。研究工程师将：-识别和制造使用这些碳纳米结构与离聚体相结合的复合材料，使用斯旺西大学提供的最先进的涂层工艺来印刷原型电池和超级电容器；以及-对原型材料(如充放电、电容等)进行电化学测试。使用现代电化学方法。研究工程师将在Perpetuus Carbon Technology公司学习碳纳米结构的制造，印刷工艺和电化学表征将在斯旺西大学进行。

Perpetuus Carbon Technologies (PCT) is a Welsh company specialised in the fabrication at industrial scale of carbon nanostructures (carbon nanomaterials, graphene nanoplatelets) for a variety of industrial applications. These materials can be produced at the ton scale using cost effective and environmental procedures. Perpetuus produce a porous nanocarbon that displays a capacity of 50 farads per gram and therefore, has the potential to be included within both batteries and supercapacitor's that will provide enhanced capacitance when compared to other such components currently available in the global marketplace.The overall aim of the project is to test functionalised carbon nanomaterials (graphene nanoplatelets and carbon nanotubes) as conductive material for application in the Energy sector, such as for batteries and supercapacitors. The as-developed carbon nanomaterials possess very high surface area and high electrical conductivity, which make them attractive as electrode material for batteries and supercapacitors.The Research Engineer will:- Identify and fabricate composite materials using these carbon nanostructures in combination with ionomers, using state-of-the-art coating processes available at Swansea University to print prototype batteries and supercapacitors; and- Undertake electrochemical testing of the prototype materials (such as charge-discharge, capacitance, etc.) using modern electrochemical methods.The Research Engineer will learn about the fabrication of the carbon nanostructures at the company, Perpetuus Carbon Technology, and the printing processes and the electrochemical characterisation will be performed at Swansea University.