Carbon-Based Materials for Energy Storage Devices: Types and Characterization Techniques
The urgent need for efficient energy storage devices (supercapacitors and batteries) has attracted ample interest from scientists and researchers in developing materials with excellent electrochemical properties. Electrode material based on carbon, transition metal oxides, and conducting polymers (C...
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| description | The urgent need for efficient energy storage devices (supercapacitors and batteries) has attracted ample interest from scientists and researchers in developing materials with excellent electrochemical properties. Electrode material based on carbon, transition metal oxides, and conducting polymers (CPs) has been used. Among these materials, carbon has gained wide attention in Electrochemical double-layer capacitors (EDLC) due to its variable morphology of pores and structural properties as well as its remarkable electrical and mechanical properties. In this context, the present review article summarizes the history of supercapacitors and the basic function of these devices, the type of carbon electrode materials, and the different strategies to improve the performance of these devices. In addition, we present different approaches to studying the charging mechanism of these devices through different electrochemical techniques existing in the literature, since a deeper understanding of the interfacial charge storage mechanisms is also crucial in the elaboration and performance of the electrode material. We make a comparison of the different techniques and present their advantages and challenges. Taking these advances into account, we consider that the coupling between two methods/techniques provides a better understanding of the charge storage mechanisms in energy storage devices. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-415c6cc59c434c6babe31671ec1414d62023-11-19T12:30:44ZengMDPI AGPhyschem2673-71672023-09-013335538410.3390/physchem3030025Carbon-Based Materials for Energy Storage Devices: Types and Characterization TechniquesFreddy Escobar-Teran0Hubert Perrot1Ozlem Sel2Laboratoire Interfaces et Systèmes Electrochimiques, LISE UMR 8235, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, FranceLaboratoire Interfaces et Systèmes Electrochimiques, LISE UMR 8235, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, FranceLaboratoire Interfaces et Systèmes Electrochimiques, LISE UMR 8235, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, FranceThe urgent need for efficient energy storage devices (supercapacitors and batteries) has attracted ample interest from scientists and researchers in developing materials with excellent electrochemical properties. Electrode material based on carbon, transition metal oxides, and conducting polymers (CPs) has been used. Among these materials, carbon has gained wide attention in Electrochemical double-layer capacitors (EDLC) due to its variable morphology of pores and structural properties as well as its remarkable electrical and mechanical properties. In this context, the present review article summarizes the history of supercapacitors and the basic function of these devices, the type of carbon electrode materials, and the different strategies to improve the performance of these devices. In addition, we present different approaches to studying the charging mechanism of these devices through different electrochemical techniques existing in the literature, since a deeper understanding of the interfacial charge storage mechanisms is also crucial in the elaboration and performance of the electrode material. We make a comparison of the different techniques and present their advantages and challenges. Taking these advances into account, we consider that the coupling between two methods/techniques provides a better understanding of the charge storage mechanisms in energy storage devices.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-7167/3/3/25carbon materialssupercapacitorsEQCM (Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance)EIS (Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy)<i>ac</i>-electrogravimetryNMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) |
| spellingShingle | Freddy Escobar-Teran Hubert Perrot Ozlem Sel Carbon-Based Materials for Energy Storage Devices: Types and Characterization Techniques Physchem carbon materials supercapacitors EQCM (Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance) EIS (Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy) <i>ac</i>-electrogravimetry NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) |
| title | Carbon-Based Materials for Energy Storage Devices: Types and Characterization Techniques |
| title_full | Carbon-Based Materials for Energy Storage Devices: Types and Characterization Techniques |
| title_fullStr | Carbon-Based Materials for Energy Storage Devices: Types and Characterization Techniques |
| title_full_unstemmed | Carbon-Based Materials for Energy Storage Devices: Types and Characterization Techniques |
| title_short | Carbon-Based Materials for Energy Storage Devices: Types and Characterization Techniques |
| title_sort | carbon based materials for energy storage devices types and characterization techniques |
| topic | carbon materials supercapacitors EQCM (Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance) EIS (Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy) <i>ac</i>-electrogravimetry NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) |
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