In this study, the extremely high specific surface area of activated carbon originated from sugarcane bagasse was produced by dry chemical activation. In this process, KOH was used as a chemical agent and directly mixed sugarcane bagasse carbon with KOH powder, which has been treated in a solid form. In particular, the influences of the impregnation ratio and activation temperature were investigated. The as-prepared activated carbons were characterized by Brunauer-Emmet-Teller (BET), which aims to determine the surface area of activated carbon and Raman Spectra analysis to examine the vibration modes of material characteristics. The maximum specific surface area of the activated carbon reached 3554 m2/g at 800 °C and an impregnation ratio of 1:4. Furthermore, the Raman spectra of activated carbon exhibited graphite structure for sample in impregnation ratio 1:2 and 1:3 due to having of G and G−1 band. This material is essential for make battery.

Lithium-Ion Capacitor (LIC), a hybrid energy storage device, is believed to be an ideal option for energy storage device applications due to its properties with high specific energy and high specific power. In this study, LIC’s cathode material is made of activated carbon derived from sugarcane bagasse prepared by the carbonization process at 500OC for 60 minutes and activation process utilizing KOH as an activating agent at varying temperatures and varying ratios of carbon to KOH mass. This paper also compares the material characteristic and electrochemical performance. In this paper, full cells of LIC are fabricated using activated carbon as the cathode material and LTO as the anode material. Sugarcane bagasse activated carbons are characterized by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Brunauer Emmett Teller (BET). The electrochemical performance of LIC is obtained from cyclic voltammetry (CV) and charge-discharge (CD). Sugarcane bagasse activated carbon (SBAC) produces a high specific surface area with values from 1095 m2/g to 3554 m2/g. The assembled LIC can produce a maximum specific capacitance of 31.94 F/g, the highest specific energy of 35.49 Wh/kg, and high specific power of 2954.36W/kg.

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