YP-80F Activated Carbon: The Industry-Standard Benchmark Material for EDLC Supercapacitor Research, Now Available in Indonesia

Aug 13

3 min read

If you've ever read a research paper on EDLC (electric double-layer capacitor) supercapacitor electrodes, chances are you've come across the name YP-80F as the benchmark material. This activated carbon, manufactured by Kuraray of Japan, has become the de facto worldwide standard for judging how well a new electrode material performs against the best commercial activated carbon available, thanks to a massive surface area reaching 2,202 m²/g. Nearly every paper claiming a superior new electrode material benchmarks its results against YP-80F's performance.

Getting genuine Kuraray-made YP-80F in Indonesia has typically meant a long import process, with the added risk that what arrives isn't genuine Kuraray at all, but generic activated carbon relabeled as YP-80F, with surface area and purity far below the real specification. That's starting to change.

ITNANO (CV. Inovasi Teknologi Nano), based at the NRE Lab in Medan, provides direct access to genuine Kuraray-made YP-80F Activated Carbon in Indonesia, complete with verifiable official specifications. Here's what YP-80F actually is, why its purity matters so much, and where it's being used in research and industry today.

What Is YP-80F Activated Carbon?

YP-80F is an activated carbon produced through a tightly controlled activation process, resulting in a highly uniform micropore structure with a massive surface area. This precise pore control is exactly what sets YP-80F apart from generic activated carbon: a consistent pore size ensures that nearly its entire surface area is genuinely accessible to electrolyte ions, rather than just a high BET number on paper that's largely unused in practice.

Metal impurity content is another important factor in YP-80F's performance, since trace metals like iron and copper can trigger unwanted side reactions and accelerate self-discharge in EDLC cells. ITNANO's YP-80F has a moisture content of 1.0%, an ash content of 0.8%, a median particle diameter of 5.58 micrometers, a surface area of 2,202 m²/g, a pH of 7.9, an iron content of 10.2 ppm, and a copper content of 8.7 ppm, specifications consistent with genuine Kuraray standards.

Where YP-80F Is Being Used

EDLC supercapacitor electrodes

This is YP-80F's primary application: as the industry-standard electrode material for electric double-layer capacitors, storing charge purely through the formation of an electric double layer on its pore surface without redox reactions, relying on its massive surface area and uniform pore distribution for maximum performance.

Carbon filtration and water purification

Beyond electrochemical applications, YP-80F's microporous structure is also effective for carbon filtration and water purification, removing dissolved lead, free chlorine, trihalomethanes, and various odor-causing compounds from water, drawing on the same high adsorption capacity that makes it excel in EDLC applications.

Why Get Genuine YP-80F from ITNANO

Because of YP-80F's reputation as the industry-standard benchmark material, imitation products claiming equivalence often circulate on the market, with surface area and purity far below Kuraray's genuine specification, something that's difficult to tell apart from packaging alone. ITNANO provides YP-80F with directly verifiable specifications, giving labs in Indonesia certainty that the benchmark material used in their research is genuinely equivalent to what's used in international journals, without needing to wait through a long import process.

Whether you're developing EDLC supercapacitor electrodes, need a benchmark material for research publications, or are working on carbon filtration and water purification applications, ITNANO's YP-80F gives you an assurance of authenticity and specification that imitation products can't guarantee, without the import wait.

See ITNANO's Conductive Carbon product line for current specifications and pricing.

Get YP-80F Activated Carbon Today

Whether you're working on EDLC supercapacitor electrodes, need a research benchmark material, or are working on carbon filtration and water purification applications, ITNANO gives you direct access to genuine YP-80F Activated Carbon available in Indonesia.

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ITNANO is a product line by NRE Lab (CV. Inovasi Teknologi Nano), based in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, advancing local access to graphene, 2D materials, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), and other advanced nanomaterials for research and industry.