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Chemical Society Reviews· 2017Q1· Review

Latest advances in supercapacitors: from new electrode materials to novel device designs

Faxing Wang, Xiongwei Wu, Xinhai Yuan, Zaichun Liu et al.

Short summary

Supercapacitors are advancing with new electrode materials and novel device designs, including flow, AC line-filtering, redox-enhanced, hybrid, and micro-supercapacitors, alongside multifunctional types like electrochromic, self-healing, and self-charging variants.

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Key points

  • Supercapacitors are evolving with new electrode materials and innovative device architectures.
  • Key device innovations include flow, AC line-filtering, redox-enhanced, and hybrid supercapacitors.
  • Micro-supercapacitors are being developed in planar, fiber, and 3D forms.
  • Multifunctional supercapacitors integrate capabilities like electrochromism, self-healing, and self-charging.

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Abstract

/graphite. Thirdly, the device innovations for the next generation of supercapacitors are provided successively, mainly emphasizing flow supercapacitors, alternating current (AC) line-filtering supercapacitors, redox electrolyte enhanced supercapacitors, metal ion hybrid supercapacitors, micro-supercapacitors (fiber, plane and three-dimensional) and multifunctional supercapacitors including electrochromic supercapacitors, self-healing supercapacitors, piezoelectric supercapacitors, shape-memory supercapacitors, thermal self-protective supercapacitors, thermal self-charging supercapacitors, and photo self-charging supercapacitors. Finally, the future developments and key technical challenges are highlighted regarding further research in this thriving field.

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Field: Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsMaterials Science