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Carbon-based materials as supercapacitor electrodes
Lili Zhang,Xiu Song Zhao +1 more
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This tutorial review provides a brief summary of recent research progress on carbon-based electrode materials forsupercapacitors, as well as the importance of electrolytes in the development of supercapacitor technology.Abstract:
This tutorial review provides a brief summary of recent research progress on carbon-based electrode materials for supercapacitors, as well as the importance of electrolytes in the development of supercapacitor technology. The basic principles of supercapacitors, the characteristics and performances of various nanostructured carbon-based electrode materials are discussed. Aqueous and non-aqueous electrolyte solutions used in supercapacitors are compared. The trend on future development of high-power and high-energy supercapacitors is analyzed.read more
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A review of electrode materials for electrochemical supercapacitors
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Carbon-based Supercapacitors Produced by Activation of Graphene
Yanwu Zhu,Shanthi Murali,Meryl D. Stoller,K. J. Ganesh,Weiwei Cai,Paulo J. Ferreira,Adam Pirkle,Robert M. Wallace,Katie A. Cychosz,Matthias Thommes,Dong Su,Eric A. Stach,Rodney S. Ruoff +12 more
TL;DR: This work synthesized a porous carbon with a Brunauer-Emmett-Teller surface area, a high electrical conductivity, and a low oxygen and hydrogen content that has high values of gravimetric capacitance and energy density with organic and ionic liquid electrolytes.
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Pseudocapacitive oxide materials for high-rate electrochemical energy storage
TL;DR: In this article, the pseudocapacitance properties of transition metal oxides have been investigated and a review of the most relevant pseudo-capacitive materials in aqueous and non-aqueous electrolytes is presented.
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Recent Advances in Ultrathin Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials
Chaoliang Tan,Xiehong Cao,Xiehong Cao,Xue-Jun Wu,Qiyuan He,Jian Yang,Xiao Zhang,Junze Chen,Wei Zhao,Shikui Han,Gwang-Hyeon Nam,Melinda Sindoro,Hua Zhang +12 more
TL;DR: The unique advances on ultrathin 2D nanomaterials are introduced, followed by the description of their composition and crystal structures, and the assortments of their synthetic methods are summarized.
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Laser Scribing of High-Performance and Flexible Graphene-Based Electrochemical Capacitors
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TL;DR: This review describes some recent developments in the discovery of nanoelectrolytes and nanoeLECTrodes for lithium batteries, fuel cells and supercapacitors and the advantages and disadvantages of the nanoscale in materials design for such devices.
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What Are Batteries, Fuel Cells, and Supercapacitors?
Martin Winter,Ralph J. Brodd +1 more
TL;DR: Batteries, fuel cells and supercapacitors belong to the same family of energy conversion devices and are needed to service the wide energy requirements of various devices and systems.
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Electrochemical Supercapacitors : Scientific Fundamentals and Technological Applications
TL;DR: In this paper, the double-layer and surface functionalities at Carbon were investigated and the double layer at Capacitor Electrode Interfaces: its structure and Capacitance.