Supercapacitors: Electrochemical Properties, Applications and Technologies

$230.00

Cindy D. Mullan (Editor)

Series: Chemical Engineering Methods and Technology
BISAC: TEC031020

Electrochemical Capacitors (ECs) are a class of energy storage device that fill the gap between high energy density batteries and high-power-density electrostatic capacitors. ECs show shorter charge/discharge time and higher power density compared to batteries. However, to use ECs as alternatives to batteries, a significant increase in energy density is required. Although critical to the U.S.’s energy future, development of ECs has been hindered by the lack of cost-effective electrode materials that can store more energy. As a cheaper alternative transition metal, manganese (Mn) is abundant and environmentally-friendly.

Manganese oxide shows theoretical capacitance of ~ 800 F g-1, which is comparable to that of RuO2. However, owing to low electronic and ionic conductance, manganese oxide powder exhibits much lower specific capacitances. This book discusses studies of charge-storage mechanism of manganese oxide nanomaterials for ECs. It also discusses sustainable electrode materials made from electrospun alkali lignin-based carbon nanofibers for high performacen supercapacitors; new strategies for the improvement of SC energy density by covalent and non-covalent addition of qunones of carbon surfaces; maganese dioxide based SCs; supercapacitors test methods; and hydrogenated barium titanate films and their potential for integrated SCs. (Imprint: Nova)

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 – In Situ Studies of Charge-Storage Mechanism of Manganese Oxide Nanomaterials for Electrochemical Capacitor (pp. 1-32)
Xiaowei Teng, Daniel S. Charles, Xiaoqiang Shan and Yating Wu (Department of Chemical Engineering, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA)

Chapter 2 – Sustainable Electrode Materials Made from Electrospun Alkali Lignin-Based Carbon Nanofibers for High Performance Supercapacitors (pp. 33-56)
Lifeng Zhang and Hao Fong (Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA, and others)

Chapter 3 – New Strategies for the Improvement of Supercapacitors Energy Density by Covalent and Non-Covalent Addition of Quinones on Carbon Surfaces (pp. 57-84)
Raül Díaz Delgado and Süheda Isikli (Electrochemical Processes Unit, IMDEA Energy Institute, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain, and others)

Chapter 4 – Manganese Dioxide Based Supercapacitors (pp. 85-132)
Chengjun Xu and Shan Shi (Advanced Materials Institute, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China)
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Chapter 5 – Supercapacitors Test Methods (pp. 133-190)
Zoran Stevic, Mirjana Rajcic-Vujasinovic and Ilija Radovanovic (University of Belgrade, Tecnical faculty in Bor, Serbia, and others)

Chapter 6 – Hydrogenated Barium Titanate Films and Their Potential for Integrated Supercapacitors (pp. 191-208)
Fadhel El Kamel (Laboratory for the Organization and Properties of Materials, University of Manar, Tunis, Tunisia)

Index

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