Supercapacitor electrode price

What materials are used to make supercapacitor electrodes?

Carbon materials are the first materials to be used to make supercapacitor electrodes because of their low price, excellent material properties and simple preparation process . In 1957, Becker applied the patent of an EDLC using activated carbon as an electrode material.

What is a hybrid supercapacitor?

Hybrid supercapacitor can be divided into three types. It is composed of electrodes with EDLC characteristics and electrodes with pseudocapacitance characteristics at the same time, or composed of electrode materials with two different types of pseudocapacitances. Composed of super capacitor electrode and battery electrode.

Can flexible electrode materials be used for supercapacitors?

The development of flexible electrode materials for supercapacitors will become the focus of future research. The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. No data was used for the research described in the article.

How does a supercapacitor work?

Supercapacitor consists of two electrodes, an ion-permeable membrane known as separator and an electrolyte ionically connecting both electrodes. Separator like polyolefin, cellulose allows transport of ions across electrodes during charging and discharging processes and prevent device from short circuit.