Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Engineering, Infrastructure and Development, ICO-SEID 2022, 23-24 November 2022, Jakarta, Indonesia

Research Article

Electrochemical Performances of MnO2 Impregnated Activated Carbon from Vetiver Root Waste

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.23-11-2022.2339149,
        author={Raden Roro Nisrina DSP Pargustan and Ratna Frida Susanti and Haryo Satriya Oktaviano and Arenst Andreas Arie and Agung  Nugroho},
        title={Electrochemical Performances of MnO2 Impregnated Activated Carbon from Vetiver Root Waste},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Engineering, Infrastructure and Development, ICO-SEID 2022, 23-24 November 2022, Jakarta, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICO-SEID},
        year={2023},
        month={12},
        keywords={vetiver root waste manganese dioxide impregnation activated carbon galvanostatic charge-discharge},
        doi={10.4108/eai.23-11-2022.2339149}
    }
    
  • Raden Roro Nisrina DSP Pargustan
    Ratna Frida Susanti
    Haryo Satriya Oktaviano
    Arenst Andreas Arie
    Agung Nugroho
    Year: 2023
    Electrochemical Performances of MnO2 Impregnated Activated Carbon from Vetiver Root Waste
    ICO-SEID
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.23-11-2022.2339149
Raden Roro Nisrina DSP Pargustan1, Ratna Frida Susanti2, Haryo Satriya Oktaviano3, Arenst Andreas Arie2, Agung Nugroho4,*
  • 1: Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Technology, Universitas Pertamina, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • 2: Chemical Engineering Department, Industrial Technology Faculty, 40141 Parahyangan Catholic University, Ciumbuleuit 94, Bandung, Indonesia
  • 3: Research and Technology Innovation, PT. Pertamina (Persero), Jakarta, 12950, Indonesia
  • 4: Universitas Pertamina
*Contact email: agung.n@universitaspertamina.ac.id

Abstract

Vetiver root waste from the distillation process of essential oils production is rich in cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. These biomass components have great potential to be utilized as a precursor for porous activated carbon. The activated carbon was synthesized using pyrolysis at high temperatures, followed by KOH activation, followed by hydrothermal method. The characteristic of activated carbon was analyzed using X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform Infra-Red (FTIR), and Raman Spectroscopy. These results show that MnO2 altered the carbon structure during the impregnation of MnO2 into an activated carbon structure. Electrochemical measurement was conducted using Ag/AgCl and Pt wire using a three-electrode system. The specific capacitance of porous activated carbon is 218 F/g at a current density of 1 A/g. After MnO2 impregnation, the specific capacitance was improved to 443 F/g at the same current density. It proves the potential of activated carbon impregnated with MnO2 as electrodes for supercapacitors.