Supercapacitors. Materials, Electrolytes, Cell Design

Table of Contents

Foreword

INTRODUCTION
What Are Supercapacitors?
From Supercapacitors to Batteries

ELECTROLYTES
Aqueous Electrolytes
Non–Aqueous Electrolytes
Ionic Liquids
Gel Polymer Electrolytes

CELL DESIGN
Symmetric Supercapacitors
Asymmetric Supercapacitors
Innovative Cell Architecture
Flexible Supercapacitors
All–Solid–State Supercapacitors
Scaling Up Supercapacitors

DOUBLE LAYER CAPACITORS
Graphene
Carbon Nanotubes/Nanofibers
Ordered Mesoporous Carbon
Pseudocapacitance of Carbon Functional Groups
Effect of Doping on Capacitive Performance of Carbon

PSEUDOCAPACITIVE CAPACITORS
Ruthenium Oxide
Manganese Oxide
Nickel Oxide
Vanadium Oxide
Iron Oxide
Titanium Oxide
Mixed Metal Oxides
Metal Sulfides
Conductive Polymers

NANOCOMPOSITES OF HIGH SURFACE AREA CARBON AND ELECTROACTIVE MATERIALS
Carbon Nanotube/Metal Oxide
Graphene/
Metal Oxide
Graphene/Polymer
Core/Shell Architecture
Metal Organic Frameworks as the Basic Architecture of Electroactive Materials
Supercapacitor/Battery Hybrid

Authors

Ali Eftekhari is currently professor of chemistry at the University of Ulster and Queen?s University Belfast, Ireland. He has worked in different capacities in various universities across four continents, and founded two internationally recognized research schools providing education and research opportunities for hundreds of graduate students every year. His latest project in Africa was featured by the British newspaper The Guardian as an exceptional success story in African higher education. He has also advised different governmental bodies on national science policies and research funding strategies. He is the principal author of more than 100 papers published in leading scholarly journals, and edited research books, published by Wiley and the Royal Society of Chemistry. He has supervised more than 110 postdoctoral researchers and graduate students and is founder and President of the American Nano Society.