Linking physical and chemical properties of Elcora graphene to supercapacitor performance

这笔Engage赠款将启动Elcora高级材料公司(新斯科舍省哈利法克斯)和**Heather Andreas博士(达尔豪西大学化学系)之间的合作，重点是将Elcora的高质量**石墨烯转化为超级电容器的电极材料(Elcora确定为其材料的新的重要潜在**应用)。超级电容器是一种能量存储系统，用于需要几乎瞬间**的功率响应(例如，展开安全气囊或飞机紧急降落伞)。要了解和**评估Elcora的石墨烯用于超级电容器，需要了解石墨烯的结构、孔隙率、**反应性和化学，Andreas博士是将碳的物理和化学性质与**超级电容器性能联系起来的专家。**Andreas实验室将评估Elcora的石墨烯作为超级电容器电极材料，并使Elcora**更深入地了解它们的材料及其性能。他们还将确定任何**限制(结构和/或化学)的来源，然后帮助设计和测试石墨烯修改，以将这些**限制降至最低。石墨烯的修饰可能会延伸到未来的合作和合作研究**拨款中。使用Elcora的高质量石墨烯将使Andreas能够扩展关于碳特征和能量存储之间**联系的基础知识；手稿将被提交给适当的科学**期刊。**该项目将帮助Elcora先进材料公司更好地了解他们的超级电容器石墨烯材料并将其商业化。这将通过评估**超级电容器使用的所有重要参数来实现。安德烈亚斯博士的研究将通过获得高质量、高度受控和**被充分理解的石墨烯来获得对电荷如何存储在这些材料上以及如何通过这些材料的基本了解。

This Engage grant will initiate a collaboration between Elcora Advanced Materials (Halifax, Nova Scotia) and**Dr. Heather Andreas (Chemistry, Dalhousie University) with a focus on translating Elcora's high-quality**graphene into an electrode material for supercapacitors (identified by Elcora as a new and important potential**application for their materials). Supercapacitors are energy storage systems used when an almost instantaneous**power response is needed (e.g. deployment of air-bags or airplane emergency chutes). To understand and**evaluate Elcora's graphene in supercapacitors requires knowledge of the graphene's structure, porosity,**reactivity and chemistry, and Dr. Andreas is an expert in relating carbon's physical and chemical properties to**supercapacitor performance.**The Andreas lab will evaluate Elcora's graphene as a supercapacitor electrode material and provide Elcora**with a deeper understanding of their material and its performance. They will also identify the origin of any**limitations (structural and/or chemical) and then help design and test graphene modifications to minimize these**limitations. Graphene modifications will likely extend into future collaborations and collaborative research**grants. Using Elcora's high-quality graphene will allow Andreas to expand the fundamental knowledge of the**links between carbon characteristics and energy storage; manuscripts will be submitted to appropriate scientific**journals.**The project will help Elcora Advanced Materials to better understand and commercialize their graphene**materials for supercapacitors. This will be achieved through evaluations of all important parameters for**supercapacitor use. Dr. Andreas' research will be boosted by having access to high-quality, very-controlled and**well-understood graphene to gain a fundamental understanding of how charge is stored on, and moves through,**these materials.