Supercapattery: merit merge of capacitive and Nernstian charge storage mechanisms

Supercapattery is the generic name for hybrids of supercapacitor and rechargeable battery. Batteries store charge via Faradaic processes, involving reversible transfer of localised or zone-delocalised valence electrons. The former is governed by the Nernst equation. The latter leads to pseudocapaci...

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Main Author: Chen, George Zheng
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description Supercapattery is the generic name for hybrids of supercapacitor and rechargeable battery. Batteries store charge via Faradaic processes, involving reversible transfer of localised or zone-delocalised valence electrons. The former is governed by the Nernst equation. The latter leads to pseudocapacitance (or Faradaic capacitance) which may be differentiated from electric double layer capacitance with spectroscopic assistance such as electron spin resonance. Since capacitive storage is the basis of supercapacitors, the combination of capacitive and Nernstian mechanisms has dominated supercapattery research since 2018, covering nanostructured and compounded metal oxides and sulfides, water-in-salt and redox active electrolytes and bipolar stacks of multi-cells. The technical achievements so far, such as specific energy of 270 Wh/kg in aqueous electrolyte, and charging-discharging for over 5000 cycles, benchmark a challenging but promising future of supercapattery.
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spelling nottingham-608902020-06-10T08:52:09Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/60890/ Supercapattery: merit merge of capacitive and Nernstian charge storage mechanisms Chen, George Zheng Supercapattery is the generic name for hybrids of supercapacitor and rechargeable battery. Batteries store charge via Faradaic processes, involving reversible transfer of localised or zone-delocalised valence electrons. The former is governed by the Nernst equation. The latter leads to pseudocapacitance (or Faradaic capacitance) which may be differentiated from electric double layer capacitance with spectroscopic assistance such as electron spin resonance. Since capacitive storage is the basis of supercapacitors, the combination of capacitive and Nernstian mechanisms has dominated supercapattery research since 2018, covering nanostructured and compounded metal oxides and sulfides, water-in-salt and redox active electrolytes and bipolar stacks of multi-cells. The technical achievements so far, such as specific energy of 270 Wh/kg in aqueous electrolyte, and charging-discharging for over 5000 cycles, benchmark a challenging but promising future of supercapattery. Elsevier B.V. 2020-05-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/60890/1/Supercapattery%20Merit%20merge%20of%20capacitive%20and%20Nernstian%20charge%20storage%20mechanisms.pdf Chen, George Zheng (2020) Supercapattery: merit merge of capacitive and Nernstian charge storage mechanisms. Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 21 . pp. 358-367. ISSN 24519103 Supercapattery; Nernstian storage; delocalised valence electrons; pseudocapacitance; bipolar electrode; water-in-salt electrolytes; redox active electrolytes http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coelec.2020.04.002 doi:10.1016/j.coelec.2020.04.002 doi:10.1016/j.coelec.2020.04.002
spellingShingle Supercapattery; Nernstian storage; delocalised valence electrons; pseudocapacitance; bipolar electrode; water-in-salt electrolytes; redox active electrolytes
Chen, George Zheng
Supercapattery: merit merge of capacitive and Nernstian charge storage mechanisms
title Supercapattery: merit merge of capacitive and Nernstian charge storage mechanisms
title_full Supercapattery: merit merge of capacitive and Nernstian charge storage mechanisms
title_fullStr Supercapattery: merit merge of capacitive and Nernstian charge storage mechanisms
title_full_unstemmed Supercapattery: merit merge of capacitive and Nernstian charge storage mechanisms
title_short Supercapattery: merit merge of capacitive and Nernstian charge storage mechanisms
title_sort supercapattery: merit merge of capacitive and nernstian charge storage mechanisms
topic Supercapattery; Nernstian storage; delocalised valence electrons; pseudocapacitance; bipolar electrode; water-in-salt electrolytes; redox active electrolytes
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