Title: Supercapacitors: Introduction, materials, processes and applications
Academic Host: Professor Charl FJ Faul
Abstract: A brief history and introduction to the concepts behind supercapacitor technology as a solution to energy storage for the future. In this overview lecture these devices will be introduced, and aspects such as their operating principles, unique high capacitance and cycle life alongside how the device's exceptional charge storage properties have provided useful applications for the age-old electrical design discussed.
The talk will take place from 3pm in LT4.
Dr Kabir Oyedotun
Dr Kabir Oyedotun is a Research Fellow at the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Pretoria, South Africa (2022 till date), with undergraduate studies in Electronics and Solid-State Physics at the Department of Physics, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria (2006). In 2012, Kabir Oyedotun received his Master of Science (MSc) degree in Engineering Physics from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. His enthusiasm in working with State of Art facilities propelled him to advance his academic degree studies in University of Pretoria where he obtained PhD degree in Physics with research subject on the “Synthesis and characterization of carbon-based nanostructured material electrodes for designing novel hybrid energy storage devices: supercapacitors and batteries” in 2018, and post-doctoral work at the Institute of Applied Materials, Department of Physics, University of Pretoria, South Africa (2019-2021). His research interests lie in the areas of carbon-based nanomaterials for supercapacitors and battery applications, including synthesis and characterization. At present, Dr Oyedotun’s scientific research group develops new nanostructured carbon materials such as activated carbon, nanotubes, graphene and reduced graphene oxide, and onion-like carbon among others. He works on the hydrothermal synthesis of carbon nanostructures and composites along with applications of carbon nanomaterials for energy storage devices applications. He has co-authored and authored over 50 peer-reviewed papers in highly rated impact factor journals.
Kabir was visiting researcher in the Sustainable Materials research group at the Department of Chemical Engineering, KU Leuven University, Belgium, hosted by Prof. Dr. Wim Thielemans (February – April 2023) on the platform of Stay in Flanders Fellowship Programme. He was appointed the Guest Editor of the Special Issue "Advances in Polymer Applied in Batteries and Capacitors" MDPI journal, Polymers, in January 2022.
Further information about Kabir's research can be found on the International Research Partnerships website.