Materials for Supercapacitor Applications provides a snapshot of the present status of this rapidly growing field. It covers motivations, innovations, ongoing breakthroughs in research and development, innovative materials, impacts, and perspectives, as well as the challenges and technical barriers to identifying an ideal material for practical applications. This comprehensive reference by electro-chemists explains concepts in materials selection and their unique applications based on their electro-chemical properties. Chemists, chemical and electrical engineers, material scientists, and research scholars and students interested in energy will benefit from this overview of many important reference points in understanding the materials used in supercapacitors.
1. Chapter 1: Supercapacitor: an introduction - p. xi 2. Chapter 2: Fundamentals and energy storage mechanisms—overview - p. 13 3. Chapter 3: Electrode materials for supercapacitors - p. 33 4. Abstract - p. 33 5. 3.1. Introduction - p. 37 6. 3.2. Electrode materials - p. 38 7. 3.3. Perspectives on carbon for SC electrodes - p. 78 8. 3.4. Transition metal oxides/hydroxides - p. 79 9. 3.5. Perspectives on transition metal oxides for SC electrodes - p. 164 10. 3.6. Conclusions and outlook - p. 166 11. Chapter 4: Electrolyte materials for supercapacitors - p. 204 12. Abstract - p. 204 13. 4.1. Introduction - p. 207 14. 4.2. Influence of electrolytes on the performance factors of ESs - p. 209 15. 4.3. Electrolyte materials and compositions for electrochemical supercapacitors - p. 213 16. 4.4. Electrolyte compatibility with inactive components of ESs - p. 280 17. 4.5. Electrolyte performance validation using supercapacitor test cells - p. 283 18. 4.6. Challenges in the development of ES electrolytes - p. 285 19. 4.7. Summary and future research directions - p. 288 20. Chapter 5: Characterization methods for supercapacitors - p. 314 21. Chapter 6: Supercapacitors: prospects and future direction - p. 372 22. Index - p. 380
Materials for Supercapacitor Applications provides a snapshot of the present status of this rapidly growing field. It covers motivations, innovations, ongoing breakthroughs in research and development, innovative materials, impacts, and perspectives, as well as the challenges and technical barriers to identifying an ideal material for practical applications. This comprehensive reference by electro-chemists explains concepts in materials selection and their unique applications based on their electro-chemical properties. Chemists, chemical and electrical engineers, material scientists, and research scholars and students interested in energy will benefit from this overview of many important reference points in understanding the materials used in supercapacitors.
1. Chapter 1: Supercapacitor: an introduction - p. xi 2. Chapter 2: Fundamentals and energy storage mechanisms—overview - p. 13 3. Chapter 3: Electrode materials for supercapacitors - p. 33 4. Abstract - p. 33 5. 3.1. Introduction - p. 37 6. 3.2. Electrode materials - p. 38 7. 3.3. Perspectives on carbon for SC electrodes - p. 78 8. 3.4. Transition metal oxides/hydroxides - p. 79 9. 3.5. Perspectives on transition metal oxides for SC electrodes - p. 164 10. 3.6. Conclusions and outlook - p. 166 11. Chapter 4: Electrolyte materials for supercapacitors - p. 204 12. Abstract - p. 204 13. 4.1. Introduction - p. 207 14. 4.2. Influence of electrolytes on the performance factors of ESs - p. 209 15. 4.3. Electrolyte materials and compositions for electrochemical supercapacitors - p. 213 16. 4.4. Electrolyte compatibility with inactive components of ESs - p. 280 17. 4.5. Electrolyte performance validation using supercapacitor test cells - p. 283 18. 4.6. Challenges in the development of ES electrolytes - p. 285 19. 4.7. Summary and future research directions - p. 288 20. Chapter 5: Characterization methods for supercapacitors - p. 314 21. Chapter 6: Supercapacitors: prospects and future direction - p. 372 22. Index - p. 380
