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Technology developed: Human Hair Derived Activated Carbon Nanosheets (TP19762819311)
Category: Product(Hardware/Material/Software)
Details of Inventor(s):
Inventor Institution/Organization/Company Department Designation
Dr. Kamal K. Kar IIT Kanpur Materials Science Program Faculty Member
Ms. Prerna Sinha IIT Kanpur Materials Science Program Student
Technical Application Area: Chemicals & Materials Science
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Organization(s):
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur
Affiliated Ministry: Ministry of Education
Type of technology development: Indigenous
Does the technology help in replacing any import items currently
procured from outside India?
Does the technology have export potential? 1
Category of Technology developed: Futuristic
Stage of Development: Field Test
Please describe in detail including the TRL Level:
TRL Level 5

    Abstract:

Applications: 1. The invention provides a cost-effective and environment-friendly approach for the preparation of activated carbon from waste human hair using a modified synthesis route. The study further extends towards the utilization of activated carbon as electrode material for supercapacitor. The choice of waste human hair not only acts as a carbon source but provides in-situ biological morphology. 2. Also, the inorganic elements present in Keratin compounds get ingrained to the carbon skeleton during a modified synthesis route. This lead to the formation of highly porous and heteroatom doped activated carbon nanosheets structure. The asprepared activated carbon is used as an electrode material, and aqueous electrolytes (1 M H2SO4 and 6 M KOH) are used for the assembled symmetric supercapacitor.
Advantages: 1. The present invention does not require high cost material. The full device has been fabricated using in-expensive, non-toxic and environment friendly material. 2. Zero value waste human hair obtained from barber shop, 5 used as a carbon source. 3. Functionalized and highly porous activated carbon derived from human hair can be synthesized in bulk due to its simple synthesis procedure. 4. Prepared activated carbon is cheap as compared to other carbon material such graphene, carbon nanotube, which require tedious and toxic synthesis procedures. 5. Depending upon application the properties of the activated can be easily tuned by modifying synthesis procedure. 6. The synthesized activated carbon shows excellent electrode performance in three electrode setup. 7. The assembly of supercapacitor device uses non-toxic and environment friendly aqueous electrolyte which deliver excellent energy density in aqueous medium.

    Technology Inputs:

Imported Equipment/Spare Parts:
Equipment/Spare Parts Year ITC-HS Code
NA
Indigenous Equipment/Spare Parts:
Equipment/Spare Parts Year ITC-HS Code
NA
Imported Raw Materials:
Raw Materials Year ITC-HS Code
NA
Indigenous Raw Materials:
Raw Materials Year ITC-HS Code
NA
Existing R&D Facilities used:
Facilities Year ITC-HS Code
NA

   Patents & Publications:

Patents:
Filed Patents (No.) Granted Patents (No.) Year
1 0 2020-21
Publications:
Submitted (No.) Published (No.) Year
0 0 NA

    Commercialization Potential:

Who are the Potential Licensees?
What commercially available products address
the same problem?
Company Product Problem Addressed
Would you like to develop this invention further with
corporate research support?
Yes
Would you be interested in participating in cluster based
programs for commercialization research or business
planning for your invention?
Yes
      Submitted by: J.G. Rao Date of Submission: 10-8-2020



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