Supercapacitors electrical double layer capacitor

In recent years there has been increasing interest in the power capacitors, ultracapacitors or supercapacitors based on electrochemical systems. These include electric double layer capacitor (EDLC) types based on carbon electrodes with suitable electrolyte systems, and electrochemical capacitors with pseudocapacitance [34,35],... 

Typically, a supercapacitor is composed of two electrodes dipped in an electrolyte solution with a suitable separator. It is generally accepted that the energy storage mechanism of supercapacitors can be classified into electrical double layer capacitors (EDLCs) and pseudocapacitors (Fig. 6.1A) (Jost et al., 2014). In EDLCs, the charge storage is based on a reversible ion adsorption from an electrolyte onto electrodes with high specific surface areas to form a double layer structure. The capacitance comes from the pure electrostatic... 

Electrodes of various types are used in hybrid (asymmetric) supercapacitors (HSCs). For example, one of the electrodes is highly dispersed carbon, that is, a double-layer electrode, and the other electrode is a battery one or one of the electrodes is carbon and the other one is a pseudocapacitor, for example, based on electron-conducting polymer (ECP). The main advantage of HSCs as compared EDLCs is an increase in energy density because of the wider potential window. The main fault of HSCs, meanwhile, as compared to electric double-layer capacitors (EDLCs), is a decrease in cyclability following the limitations posed by the nondouble-layer electrode. 

It is most convenient to use Ragone diagrams for the comparison of the main characteristics of electrochemical devices. Figure 30.1 shows a Ragone diagram for diverse commercial electrochemical devices conventional electrolytic capacitors, electrochemical supercapacitors (ECSCs), batteries, and fuel cells (Pandolfo and Hollenkamp, 2006). One should point out that it is mainly electric double-layer capacitors (EDLCs) of all the available ECSC types that are produced at present. 

FIGURE 1.3 Schematic diagram for (a) electrostatic capacitor, (b) electric double-layer capacitor, (c) pseudocapacitor, and (d) hybrid capacitor. (Zhong, C. et al. 2015. A review of electrolyte materials and compositions for electrochemical supercapacitors. Chemical Society Reviews 44 7484-7539. Reproduced by permission of The Royal Society of Chemistry.)... 

Depending on the charge storage mechanism, supercapacitors can be classified into two types electrical double layer capacitors (EDLC) and pseudocapadtors [108]. EDLCs store and release energy based on the accumulation of charges at the interface between a porous electrode, typicalty a carbonaceous material with high surface area, and the electrotyte. In pseudocapadtors, the mechanisms rely on fast and reversible Faradaic redox reactions at the surface and/or in the bulk. 

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There has been growing interest in the field of supercapacitors due to their possible applications in medical devices, electrical vehicles, memory protection of computer electronics, and cellular communication devices. Their specific energies are generally greater than those of electrolytic capacitors and their specific power levels are higher than those of batteries. Supercapacitors can be divided into redox supercapacitors and electrical double layer capacitors (EDLCs). The former uses electroactive materials such as insertion-type compounds or conducting polymers as the electrode, while the latter uses carbon or other similar materials as the blocking electrode. 

An electric double-layer capacitor, also known as supercapacitor, pseudocapacitor, electric double layer capacitor (EDLC), supercapacitor or ultracapacitor is an electrochemical capacitor with relatively high energy density. Compared to conventional capacitors the energy density is typically on the order of thousands of times greater than an electrolytic capacitor. In comparison with conventional batteries or fuel cells, EDLCs have lower energy density but a much higher power density. 

For the first time, a totally solid-state electric double layer capacitor (EDLC) was fabricated using PEO-KOH-H2O as the SPE and the polymer electrolyte could replace large amount of liquid KOH electrolyte [17,18]. The ideal rectangular shape of cyclic voltammety result for this solid-state EDLC was obtained, and the real value of specific capacitance was 90 F g". It was only slightly lower than that of liquid electrolyte supercapacitor, and it might be related to the electrode material and structure. 

Electrochemical power sources, rechargeable batteries and supercapacitors (or electrical double-layer capacitor, EDLC), are attractive in the wide range of applications, such as mobile electrical devices, hybrid electric vehicle (HEV), and smart grid. In the past century, considerable research efforts have been done to study the... 

Today, electrochemical capacitors (ECs), often called electric double-layer capacitors, supercapacitors, ultiacapacitars, and so on, have attracted worldwide research interest because of their potential applicatitMis as energy storage devices in many fields. The drawback of ECs is certainly their limited energy density, which restricts applications to power density over only few seconds. According to the situation, many research efforts have focused on designing new materials to improve energy and power density [1]. 

NKK has approximately 15 types of ceUulose-based separators for supercapacitors and batteries. Cellulose-based separators have higher thermal stability than their polyolefin counterparts. An example version of an NKK cellulose-based film (used as a battery separator or as a separator for EDLCs (electric double layer capacitors)) has features such as 35—45 pm thickness, 14.5 basis weight (gsm), 66% porosity (mercury poros-imetry), and ionic resistance of 0.58 (ohms-cm ) (Fig. 11.15). " ... 

Figure 3.14a shows the cyclic voltammographs (CV curves) of supercapacitors made from an as-spun CNT yam and a gamma-irradiated CNT (IR-CNT) yam. The CV curve for the as-spun CNT yam supercapacitor shows a rounded rectangular shape, which is typical for electrical double-layer capacitors. The IR-CNT yam... 

The introduction of carbonaceous electrode materials for the electrochemically driven actuators intersected two classes of electrochemical devices that were considered as being separate beforehand - the electromechanical actuators and the electric double-layer capacitors (also known as supercapacitors). Although the... 

Simon P, Tabema P, Beguin F (2013) Electrical double-layer capacitors and carbons for EDLCs. hr Beguin F, Frqckowiak E (eds) Supercapacitors materials, systems, and applications. WUey, Weinheim, pp 131-165... 

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