PROSPECTS OF ELECTROCHEMICAL SUPERCAPACITORS

Although the size of the world market of supercapacitors is at present only 0.4 billion, it will reach 3.8 billion by 2015 as the analysis of NanoMarkets/Smart Grid shows. 

There are several directions in which electrolytic capacitors and supercapacitors (ECSCs) will be developed in the nearest future and in midterm according to our forecasts. 

Electrochemical Power Sources Batteries, Fuel Cells, and Supercapacitors, First Edition. Vladimir S. Bagotsky, Alexander M. Skundin, and Yurij M. Volfkovich 2015 John Wiley Sons, Inc. Published 2015 by John Wiley Sons, Inc. 

In the nearest future, one should expeet wide commercialization of hybrid supercapacitors of the C/Pb02, C/Ni02, C/Mn02, C/ECP, and other supercapacitor types with elevated energy density of the order of 40-50 Wh/kg, that is, with the energy density not lower than that of conventional batteries, but with a much higher cyclability. 

The effects of luminous (or other electromagnetic) radiation on the properties of electrodes and on electrochemical reactions are the subject of photoelectrochemistry. 

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