Project Team
Students
Dylan Hartmann
Biology
Penn State Altoona
Faculty Mentors
Kofi Adu
Penn State Altoona
Physics
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Project Abstract
Electrochemical chemical energy storage systems, batteries and supercapacitors are becoming the leading energy storage sources in addressing our energy needs to combat climate change. Recent discoveries in nanotechnology are leading to change in the manufacturing of advanced electrochemical energy storage and conversion systems. With their remarkable electrical, physical, chemical, and mechanical properties, nanotubes such as carbon nanotubes (CNT’s) and titanium dioxide nanotubes (TiO2) are becoming one of the main focuses in engineering nanostructure based advanced batteries and supercapacitors. In this project, we fabricated TiO2 nanotubes with CNT membranes to construct asymmetric solid-state supercapacitors. We have fabricated TiO2 and characterized with SEM to analyze the morphological and structural information of the nanotubes. Such advanced energy storage systems are critical in boosting the automobile and other industries as we strive to produce efficient electric vehicles.
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