Advancing Circular Economy: Paddy Waste-Derived Cellulose Nanofibrils for Energy Application

Abstract

Transforming agricultural wastes to valuable products to support the circular economy is beneficial towards environmental sustainability. Utilization of nanotechnology using agricultural wastes for the production of nanomaterials for energy applications has captured the high interests of researchers around the world. Cellulose nanofibrils which are high in strength, low price, light weight, biodegradability, renewability and compostability without toxic residue are ideally for energy application.  In this talk, the use of paddy waste-derived cellulose nanofibrils for high performance supercapacitor separators with enhanced physical, thermal and electrochemical properties will be discussed.