Bio-MATSUPER: Development of high-performance supercapacitors based on bio-based carbon materials

面对日益增加的化石燃料消耗和相关的环境影响，依赖可再生能源和更多地使用绿色解决方案(如电动汽车)是实现可持续环境的战略行动之一。超级电容器是目前发展最快、研究最多的储能技术之一，因其携带方便、性能稳定等优点而受到极大的关注和接受。主要用于超级电容器开发的碳材料通常是由石油原料制成的，这些原料是不可再生的，对环境有害。目前，由于生物基碳材料具有良好的电化学稳定性和环境友好性，为超级电容器材料的发展进行了广泛的研究。尽管到目前为止生物基碳材料的发展取得了进展，但寻找性能新颖、工艺简单的材料对于开发可持续的高能量密度超级电容器具有重要意义。因此，这项建议有三个具体目标：(1)从生物材料合成适用于超级电容器的新型碳材料；(2)基于所开发的生物基碳材料制备纳米复合电极；(3)基于所开发的生物基元件制造高效超级电容器器件。制造的超级电容器装置将是完全可生物降解的，并具有提供高能量密度和功率密度的能力。因此，该项目的贡献将是解决欧盟内外能源问题的一大步，通过开发绿色技术，促进电动汽车和便携式电子产品生产的未来进步。

Reliance on renewable energy sources and increased use of green solutions (e.g., electric vehicles) is one of the strategic actions for a sustainable environment in the face of increasing fossil fuel consumption and associated environmental impacts. Supercapacitors are one of the most developed and researched energy storage technologies and have gained enormous attention and acceptance due to their portability and stable performance. Carbon materials mainly used for supercapacitor development are usually made frompetroleum-derived feedstocks which are non-renewable and environmentally harmful. Currently, bio-based carbon materials are being extensively researched for the development of supercapacitor materials due to their electrochemical stability and environmental friendliness. Despite the progress made so far in the development of bio-based carbon materials; the search for materials with novel properties and simple fabrication processes has become of great importance for the development of sustainable supercapacitors with high energy density. Therefore, this proposal has three specific objectives: (i) to synthesize new carbon materials suitable for supercapacitors from biomaterials (ii) to fabricate nanocomposite electrodes based on the developed bio-based carbon materials, and (iii) to fabricate a high-efficiency supercapacitor device based on the developed bio-based components. The fabricated supercapacitor device will be fully biodegradable and have the capacity to deliver both high energy density and power density. Therefore, the contributions of this project will be a great step towards solving the energy problems in the EU and beyond, through the development of green technologies for future advances in the production of electric vehicles and portable electronic products.