About the Editors ixPreface xiList of Contributors xiiiPart 1 Biomass 11 Introduction to Biomass 3Md. Almujaddade Alfasane, Ashika Akhtar, Nasrin Siraj Lopa, and Md. Mahbubur Rahman2 Environmental Aspects of Biomass Utilization in Supercapacitors 23Runa Akter, Jaber Bin Abdul Bari, Saidur R. Chowdhury, Muhammad Muhitur Rahman, and Syed Masiur Rahman3 Biomass Utilization in Supercapacitors for the Circular Economy 41Runa Akter, Md. Raquibul Hassan Bhuiyan, Saidur R. Chowdhury, Muhammad Muhitur Rahman, and Syed Masiur RahmanPart 2 Fundamentals of Supercapacitors 614 Introduction to Supercapacitors 63Syed Shaheen Shah, Mohammad Rezaul Karim, Md. Abdul Wahab, Muhammad Ali Ehsan, and Md. Abdul Aziz5 Electrochemical Techniques for Supercapacitors 81Syed Shaheen Shah, Md Abdul Aziz, and Munetaka Oyama6 Types of Supercapacitors 93Syed Shaheen Shah, Md. Abdul Aziz, Wael Mahfoz, and Md. AkhtaruzzamanPart 3 Biomass Derived Electrode Materials for Supercapacitors 1057 Non-activated Carbon for Supercapacitor Electrodes 107Md. Akib Hasan, Mohammad Anikur Rahman, and Md. Mominul Islam8 Carbon from Pre-Treated Biomass 121Syeda Ramsha Ali, Mian Muhammad Faisal, and K.C. Sanal9 Carbonate Salts-activated Carbon 143Syed Shaheen Shah , Md. Abdul Aziz , Laiq Zada, Haroon Ur Rahman, Falak Niaz, and Khizar Hayat10 KOH/NaOH-activated Carbon 161Nasrin Siraj Lopa, Biswa Nath Bhadra, Nazmul Abedin Khan, Serge Zhuiykov, and Md. Mahbubur Rahman11 Chloride Salt-activated Carbon for Supercapacitors 179Eman Gul, Syed Adil Shah, and Syed Niaz Ali Shah12 CO2-activated Carbon 201Salman Farsi, Thuhin Kumar Dey, Mushfiqur Rahman, and Mamun Jamal13 Steam-activated Carbon for Supercapacitors 213Madhusudan Roy and Hasi Rani Barai14 Biomass-Derived Hard Carbon for Supercapacitors 237Himadri Tanaya Das, Swapnamoy Dutta, Muhammad Usman, T. Elango Balaji, and Nigamananda Das15 Carbon Nanofibers 249Nasrin Sultana, Ahtisham Anjum, S. M. Abu Nayem, Syed Shaheen Shah, Md. Hasan Zahir , A. J. Saleh Ahammad, and Md. Abdul Aziz16 Biomass-Derived Graphene-Based Supercapacitors 269Nafeesa Sarfraz, Ibrahim Khan, and Abdulmajeed H. Hendi17 Biomass-derived N-doped Carbon for Electrochemical Supercapacitors 289Syed Niaz Ali Shah, Eman Gul, Narayan Chandra Deb Nath, and Guodong Du18 Biomass Based S-doped Carbon for Supercapacitor Application 315S. M. Abu Nayem, Santa Islam, Syed Shaheen Shah, Nasrin Sultana, Wael Mahfoz, A. J. Saleh Ahammad, and Md. Abdul Aziz19 Biomass-derived Carbon and Metal Oxides Composites for Supercapacitors 329Muhammad Ammar, Himadri Tanaya Das, Awais Ali, Sami Ullah, Abuzar Khan, Abbas Saeed Hakeem, Naseem Iqbal, Muhammad Humayun, Muhammad Zahir Iqbal, and Muhammad Usman20 Composites of Biomass-derived Materials and Conducting Polymers 347Wael Mahfoz, Abubakar Dahiru Shuaibu, Syed Shaheen Shah, Md. Abdul Aziz, and Abdul-Rahman Al-Betar21 Composite of Biomass-derived Material and Conductive Material Excluding Conducting Polymer Material 367Nasrin Sultana, Ahmar Ali, S. M. Abu Nayem, Syed Shaheen Shah, Md. Hasan Zahir, A. J. Saleh Ahammad, and Md. Abdul AzizPart 4 Binding Materials, Electrolytes, Separators, and Packaging Materials from Biomass for Supercapacitors 38322 Biomass-based Electrolytes for Supercapacitor Applications 385S. M. Abu Nayem, Santa Islam, Syed Shaheen Shah, Nasrin Sultana, M. Nasiruzzaman Shaikh, Md. Abdul Aziz, and A. J. Saleh Ahammad23 Biomass-based Separators for Supercapacitor Applications 403S. M. Abu Nayem, Santa Islam, Syed Shaheen Shah, Abdul Awal, Nasrin Sultana, A. J. Saleh Ahammad, and Md. Abdul Aziz24 Binding Agents and Packaging Materials of Supercapacitors from Biomass 417Md. Mehedi Hasan and Md. Rajibul AkandaPart 5 Biomass-Based Supercapacitors: Future Outlooks and Challenges 43525 Biomass-based Supercapacitors: Lab to Industry 437Syed Shaheen Shah, Md. Abdul Aziz, Muhammad Usman, Abbas Saeed Hakeem, Shahid Ali, and Atif Saeed Alzahrani26 Future Directions and Challenges in Biomass-Based Supercapacitors 461Syed Shaheen Shah, Md. Abdul Aziz, Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Usman, Sikandar Khan, Farrukh Shehzad, Syed Niaz Ali Shah, and Sami UllahIndex 485
Dr. Md. Abdul Aziz is a Research Scientist-II at Interdisciplinary Research Center for Hydrogen and Energy Storage, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia. His main research interests are preparation, immobilization, and functionalization of nanomaterials and carbonaceous materials, and their application in supercapacitors, water splitting, chemical and biochemical sensors.Dr. Syed Shaheen Shah is a JSPS Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan. His research interests focus on the development and mechanistic investigation of advanced nanomaterials for energy harvesting and storage applications, such as supercapacitors, electrochemical water splitting, and electrochemical sensors.