Microsupercapacitors
- 1st Edition - October 1, 2021
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Editors: Kazufumi Kobashi, Karolina Laszczyk
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 1 0 2 8 8 8 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 1 0 2 8 8 9 - 6
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Request a sales quoteMicrosupercapacitors systematically guides the reader through the key materials, characterization techniques, performance factors and potential applications and benefits to society of this emerging electrical energy storage solution. The book reviews the technical challenges in scaling down supercapacitors, covering materials, performance, design and applications perspectives. Sections provide a fundamental understanding of microsupercapacitors and compare them to existing energy storage technologies. Final discussions consider the factors that impact performance, potential tactics to improve performance, barriers to implementation, emerging solutions to those barriers, and a future outlook. This book will be of particular interest to materials scientists and engineers working in academia, research and development.
- Provides a concise introduction of the fundamental science, related technological challenges, and solutions that microsupercapacitors can offer
- Compares microsupercapacitors with current technologies
- Reviews the applications of new strategies and the challenge of scaling down supercapacitors
- Covers the most relevant applications, including energy storage, energy harvesting, sensors and biomedical devices
Materials scientists and engineers working in academia and research and development
- Cover
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Preface
- References
- Part I: Materials and Defining Performance for Microsupercapacitors
- Chapter 1: Materials under research: Nanomaterials, aerogels, biomaterials, composites, inks
- Abstract
- Acknowledgment
- 1.1: Introduction
- 1.2: Principles of working and background
- 1.3: Nanomaterials, aerogels, and biomaterials
- 1.4: Pseudocapacitive materials, composites, and inks
- 1.5: Summary
- References
- Chapter 2: Materials under research II: Silicon-based electrodes
- Abstract
- 2.1: Introduction
- 2.2: Porous silicon
- 2.3: PSi for supercapacitor electrodes
- 2.4: PSi for microsupercapacitors electrodes
- 2.5: Summary
- References
- Chapter 3: The role and the necessary features of electrolytes for microsupercapacitors
- Abstract
- 3.1: Introduction
- 3.2: Types of MSCs and diffusion of electrolyte ions
- 3.3: Challenges during the transition from liquid to SSEs
- 3.4: Electrolytes for MSCs
- 3.5: Conclusions and future perspectives
- References
- Chapter 4: Characterization of microsupercapacitors
- Abstract
- 4.1: Introduction
- 4.2: Electrode and material characterization techniques
- 4.3: Electrolyte characterization techniques
- 4.4: Electrochemical characterization techniques
- 4.5: Summary
- References
- Part II: Applications for Microsupercapacitors
- Chapter 5: Battery/Supercapacitor hybrid energy storage system in vehicle applications
- Abstract
- 5.1: Introduction
- 5.2: The optimization of HESS in EVs
- 5.3: A case study of HESS in electric buses
- 5.4: The optimization of HESS in PHEVs
- 5.5: A brief examination of microsupercapacitor in vehicle applications
- 5.6: Conclusions
- Glossary
- References
- Chapter 6: Microbatteries
- Abstract
- References
- Chapter 7: Energy harvesting
- Abstract
- References
- Part III: Advances in Microsupercapacitor Development
- Chapter 8: Design and technology processes used for microsupercapacitors
- Abstract
- 8.1: Introduction
- 8.2: Two-dimensional electrodes
- 8.3: Three-dimensional electrodes—Toward boosting the energy
- 8.4: Encapsulation and packaging
- 8.5: Summary
- References
- Chapter 9: Fiber-shaped micro-supercapacitors
- Abstract
- 9.1: History of fiber-shaped supercapacitors
- 9.2: Fiber-shaped micro-supercapacitors (FMSCs)
- 9.3: FMSCs with different fiber scaffolds
- 9.4: Conclusion and outlook
- References
- Chapter 10: Recent research and issues
- Abstract
- 10.1: Introduction
- 10.2: Multifunctional microsupercapacitors
- 10.3: Microsupercapacitors for the medical purpose
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 1, 2021
- No. of pages (Paperback): 310
- No. of pages (eBook): 310
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780081028889
- eBook ISBN: 9780081028896
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Kazufumi Kobashi
Kazufumi Kobashi is a Senior Researcher at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Tokyo, Japan. Since 2009, Dr Kobashi has been developing the CNT microsupercapacitor technology; since 2017, he has focused on the characterization technology of nanocarbon-based, neat and composite materials in AIST, and applied research in CNT.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Researcher, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tokyo, JapanKL
Karolina Laszczyk
Karolina Laszczyk is an Assistant Professor at Wroclaw University of Science and Technology in Wroclaw, Poland. Whilst working at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and at the Technology Research Association for Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes (TASC) in Japan between 2011-2016, Dr Laszczyk worked on developing microsupercapacitor technology. For this work she was awarded the “12th IIjima Award for Young Scientists” by The Japanese Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Graphene Research Society, and the silver medal at The International Trade Fair Ideas Inventions New Products IENA in Nuremberg 2017.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wroclaw, PolandRead Microsupercapacitors on ScienceDirect