
Smart Supercapacitors
Fundamentals, Structures, and Applications
- 1st Edition - October 19, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: M. Basheer Ahamed, Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 0 5 3 0 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 0 5 6 3 - 3
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Request a sales quote- Explores the potential applications of supercapacitors
- Covers the entire spectrum of new advances and recent trends on research in supercapacitors
- Explains reliability, safety, economics and market trends surrounding the use of supercapacitors from a sustainable perspective
- Cover Image
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Contributors
- About the Editors
- Preface
- Part One Fundamentals of supercapacitors
- Chapter 1 General introduction about electrochemistry and supercapacitors
- 1.1 Electrochemistry
- 1.2 Supercapacitors
- 1.3 Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 2 Historical perspective of electrochemical energy storage devices
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Batteries versus fuel cells versus supercapacitors: A comparison
- 2.3 Batteries
- 2.4 Fuel cells
- 2.5 Supercapacitors
- 2.6 Conclusion
- List of Abbreviations
- References
- Chapter 3 Supercapacitors- new developments
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Materials for supercapacitor electrodes
- 3.3 Electrolytes
- 3.4 Hybrid materials from biowaste for supercapacitors
- 3.5 Modern trends in supercapacitor technology
- 3.6 Conclusion and future prospects
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 4 Fundamental understanding of charge storage mechanism
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Supercapacitors
- 4.3 Faradaic and non-Faradaic process
- 4.4 Electrode and electrolyte interfaces
- 4.5 Energy storage mechanism
- 4.6 Advantages of supercapacitor
- 4.7 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 5 Fundamentals of supercapacitors
- 5.1 Background
- 5.2 Development of supercapacitors
- 5.3 Structure of supercapacitor
- 5.4 Working principle of supercapacitors
- 5.5 Classification of supercapacitors
- 5.6 Role of 2D materials
- 5.7 Metal oxides/hydroxides for supercapacitors
- 5.8 Graphene-based metal oxide for supercapacitors
- 5.9 Functions of MXenes and metal chalcogenide materials
- 5.10 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 6 Research and technology on smart supercapacitors
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 What makes supercapacitor super?
- 6.3 Ragone plot
- 6.4 How do supercapacitors store energy?
- 6.5 Electrical double-layer capacitance (EDLC) mechanism
- 6.6 Pseudocapacitance
- 6.7 Hybrid supercapacitance
- 6.8 Properties of smart supercapacitors
- 6.9 Flexible supercapacitors
- 6.10 Trends in smart supercapacitor technology
- 6.11 Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 7 Rapidly emerging aspects & future R&D directions for supercapacitor
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Advancement in assembling of hybrid supercapacitor
- 7.3 Flexible-based supercapacitors
- 7.4 Areas intended for research to commercial applications in flexible supercapacitors
- 7.5 Research gap identification
- 7.6 Lithium-ion capacitor
- 7.7 Electrode materials for LIC
- 7.8 Graphene nanocomposite as supercapacitor electrode
- 7.9 Microsupercapacitor
- 7.10 Structural design
- 7.11 Charge storage mechanism of microsupercapacitors
- 7.12 Device preparation methods
- 7.13 Screen printing
- 7.14 Inkjet printing
- 7.15 Photolithography
- 7.16 Laser scribing
- 7.17 Mask assisted filtering
- 7.18 Advancement in electrode materials structural research
- 7.19 Future aspects and challenges in development of supercapacitor
- 7.20 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 8 Smart supercapacitors—a new perspective
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Manufacturing and designing of g-C3N4
- 8.3 Structural characteristics of g-C3N4
- 8.4 Significance of g-C3N4 toward supercapacitor applications
- 8.5 Summary and conclusions
- Conflicts of interest/Competing interests
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Part Two Material for Supercapacitors
- Chapter 9 Electrode materials for EDLC and pseudocapacitors
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Electrode materials
- 9.3 Summary and outlook
- References
- Chapter 10 Hybrid supercapacitors, formation, and new advances with different electrochemical electrodes based on layered double hydroxides (LDHs), metal–organic framework (MOF) materials, smart supercapacitors
- 10.1 Introduction to hybrid supercapacitors (HSCs)
- 10.2 Layered double hydroxide (LDH)
- 10.3 Metal–organic framework (MOF)
- 10.4 Smart supercapacitors
- 10.5 Conclusion and future perspectives
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Chapter 11 Electrolyte materials for supercapacitors
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 Fundamentals of supercapacitors
- 11.3 Electrolytes; materials and compositions for supercapacitors
- 11.4 Design requirements for electrolytes in supercapacitors
- 11.5 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 12 Nanomaterials for supercapacitors
- 12.1 Introduction
- 12.2 Energy storage devices
- 12.3 Supercapacitor performances key parameters
- 12.4 Active nanomaterials for supercapacitors
- 12.5 Conclusion
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Chapter 13 Nanocarbons (graphene, etc.), MXenes for energy storage applications
- 13.1 Introduction
- 13.2 History of supercapacitor technology
- 13.3 Benefits & drawbacks of supercapacitors
- 13.4 Electrode materials
- 13.5 Unzipped multiwalled carbon nanotubes (UzMWCNT) via different preparation techniques for supercapacitor electrodes
- 13.6 CNT doped with metal oxide nanocomposites
- 13.7 CNT related polymer nanocomposites
- 13.8 Mxenes related materials
- 13.9 Future direction and carbon nanotubes for various fields
- 13.10 Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 14 Novel designs of carbon electrodes for the technological improvement of electrochemical capacitors
- 14.1 Introduction
- 14.2 Carbon electrodes for electrochemical capacitors. Physicochemical and electrochemical properties. Requirements for the application in electrochemical capacitors
- 14.3 Design of carbon electrodes with improved structural properties at nano and macroscale
- 14.4 Nitrogen-doped carbon materials
- 14.5 Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Part Three Structures for Supercapacitors
- Chapter 15 Design and fabrication of supercapacitors
- 15.1 Overview
- 15.2 Design and construction in stacked ECs
- 15.3 Summary
- 15.4 ORCID
- References
- Chapter 16 Development of symmetric and asymmetric supercapacitors–a step towards efficient and practical energy storage
- 16.1 Introduction
- 16.2 Symmetric supercapacitors
- 16.3 Asymmetric supercapacitors
- 16.4 Summary
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 17 Metal-based hybrid capacitors
- 17.1 Introduction
- 17.2 Materials used in hybrid supercapacitor
- 17.3 Ternary metal oxide-based hybrid supercapacitors
- 17.4 Quaternary metal oxide-based hybrid capacitors
- 17.5 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 18 Recent progress on materials, architecture, and performances of hybrid battery-supercapacitors
- 18.1 Introduction
- 18.2 Principle of charge storage mechanism
- 18.3 Performance characteristics
- 18.4 Recent advances in materials and performance of hybrid BatCaps
- 18.5 Summary and future prospective
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Part Four Smart Supercapacitors
- Chapter 19 Transport supercapacitors
- 19.1 Introduction
- 19.2 Supercapacitors in transport
- 19.3 Vehicles applications of supercapacitors
- 19.4 Stop-go hybrids
- 19.5 Mild hybrid-charge sustainability
- 19.6 Hybrid buses
- 19.7 Energy storage systems (ESS)
- 19.8 Configuration and power management system
- 19.9 Electric cars
- 19.10 Charging stations
- 19.11 Future scope
- 19.12 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 20 Flexible supercapacitors
- 20.1 Introduction
- 20.2 Types of flexible supercapacitors
- 20.3 Materials for flexible supercapacitors
- 20.4 Conducting polymer-based flexible supercapacitors
- 20.5 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 21 Recent advances in microsupercapacitors: material design, system construction, and applications
- 21.1 Introduction
- 21.2 Fundamental constituents of MSCs
- 21.3 Device design
- 21.4 Device fabrication
- 21.5 True performance evaluation methods for MSCs
- 21.6 Integrated designs from MSCs
- 21.7 Summary and future prospective
- Conflict of interest
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Chapter 22 Wearable supercapacitors
- 22.1 Introduction
- 22.2 Energy storage principles and structural characteristics of supercapacitors
- 22.3 Wearable supercapacitors using carbon-based soft electrodes
- 22.4 Conclusion challenges and future prospects
- References
- Chapter 23 Stretchable Supercapacitor
- 23.1 Introduction
- 23.2 Materials based electrodes consideration for stretchable supercapacitor devices
- 23.3 Stretchable supercapacitor applications
- 23.4 Stretchable energy storage devices
- 23.5 Stretchable self-powered wearable electronics
- 23.6 Future trends and conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- Funding
- Declaration of conflicting interests
- References
- Chapter 24 Healable supercapacitors
- 24.1 Introduction
- 24.2 Electrode materials for healable supercapacitors
- 24.3 Self-healing electrolytes for supercapacitor
- 24.4 Design and fabrication of healable supercapacitor
- 24.5 Opportunities and challenges of healable supercapacitor
- 24.6 Conclusion
- References
- Part Five Sustainable Supercapacitor
- Chapter 25 Industrial manufacturing of supercapacitors
- 25.1 Introduction
- 25.2 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 26 Testing and measurement techniques for supercapacitors
- 26.1 Introduction
- 26.2 Instrumentation and measurement
- 26.3 Analytical testing techniques for evaluation of supercapacitor parameters
- 26.4 Parameters evaluated using testing techniques for supercapacitors
- 26.5 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 27 Comparison between supercapacitors and other energy storing electrochemical devices
- 27.1 Introduction
- 27.2 Comparison of energy storage mechanism of EES devices
- 27.3 Comparison of electrochemical features
- 27.4 Comparison of performance metrics and evaluation methods
- 27.5 Advantages and disadvantages of supercapacitors and other electrochemical energy storage systems
- 27.6 Current progress for future challenges
- 27.7 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 28 Sustainability of current state-of-the-art supercapacitors: a case study
- 28.1 Introduction
- 28.2 Electrode materials
- 28.3 Electrolytes
- 28.4 Summary and future perspective
- References
- Chapter 29 Quasi-solid-state electrolytes for pseudocapacitors and batteries
- 29.1 Introduction
- 29.2 Quasi-solid-state electrolytes (QSSEs)
- 29.3 Quasi-solid-state electrolytes in energy-storing devices
- 29.4 Summary and Future aspects
- Acknowledgment
- Abbreviations
- References
- Part Six Current problems and future development directions of Smart Supercapacitors
- Chapter 30 Commercialization and market for supercapacitor
- 30.1 Introduction
- 30.2 Recent developments of SCs
- 30.3 Supercapacitor’s market
- 30.4 Key impacting factors in SCs market
- 30.5 Competition analysis
- 30.6 Commercial applications of supercapacitors
- 30.7 Summary
- References
- Chapter 31 Potential impact of smart-hybrid supercapacitors in novel electronic devices and electric vehicles
- 31.1 Introduction to smart and hybrid supercapacitors
- 31.2 Fabrication of electrode materials for supercapacitor applications
- 31.3 Strategies to improve the electrochemical performance of supercapacitors
- 31.4 Working mechanism of smart supercapacitor
- 31.5 Characteristics of smart supercapacitors
- 31.6 Applications of smart hybrid supercapacitors
- 31.7 Scope for future developments
- References
- Chapter 32 Future of smart supercapacitors
- 32.1 Introduction
- 32.2 Spinel nanoferrites as smart supercapacitors
- 32.3 Future of smart supercapacitors
- 32.4 Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 19, 2022
- No. of pages (Paperback): 900
- No. of pages (eBook): 900
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323905305
- eBook ISBN: 9780323905633
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M. Basheer Ahamed
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Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain
Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain is an Adjunct Professor and Director of Laboratories in the Department of Chemistry & Environmental Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, New Jersey, United States. His research is focused on the applications of nanotechnology and advanced materials, environmental management, analytical chemistry, and other industries. Dr. Hussain is the author of numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals as well as a prolific author and editor in his research areas. He has published with Elsevier, the American Chemical Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, CRC Press, and Springer.