A review of carbon-based cathode materials for zinc-ion capacitors

WANG Man; CHE Xiao-gang; LIU Si-yu; YANG Juan

doi:10.19869/j.ncm.1007-8827.20200264

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WANG Man, CHE Xiao-gang, LIU Si-yu, YANG Juan. A review of carbon-based cathode materials for zinc-ion capacitors. New Carbon Mater., 2021, 36(1): 155-166. doi: 10.19869/j.ncm.1007-8827.20200264

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WANG Man, CHE Xiao-gang, LIU Si-yu, YANG Juan. A review of carbon-based cathode materials for zinc-ion capacitors. New Carbon Mater., 2021, 36(1): 155-166. doi: 10.19869/j.ncm.1007-8827.20200264

WANG Man, CHE Xiao-gang, LIU Si-yu, YANG Juan. A review of carbon-based cathode materials for zinc-ion capacitors. New Carbon Mater., 2021, 36(1): 155-166. doi: 10.19869/j.ncm.1007-8827.20200264

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WANG Man, CHE Xiao-gang, LIU Si-yu, YANG Juan. A review of carbon-based cathode materials for zinc-ion capacitors. New Carbon Mater., 2021, 36(1): 155-166. doi: 10.19869/j.ncm.1007-8827.20200264

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A review of carbon-based cathode materials for zinc-ion capacitors

doi: 10.19869/j.ncm.1007-8827.20200264

WANG Man^{1, 2
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CHE Xiao-gang¹,
LIU Si-yu¹,
YANG Juan^{1
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Xi'an Jiaotong University, School of Chemical Engineering, Xi'an Shaanxi 710000, China
2.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, School of Mechanical Engineering, HongKong 999077, China

Funds: National Natural Science Foundation of China (51802251).

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Corresponding author: YANG Juan, Ph. D, Associated professor. E-mail: juanyang@xjtu.edu.cn
Received Date: 2020-12-29
Rev Recd Date: 2021-01-13
Publish Date: 2021-02-01

Abstract

Abstract

Zinc-ion capacitors are high-performance hybrid capacitors that have great advantages because of the abundance of zinc resources and their high theoretical capacitance. As a result they have become a hot research topic in the field of energy storage devices. Carbon-based materials are usually used as the cathode materials for these capacitors because of the wide range of available materials, and their easily tuned surface properties and simple fabrication. This review summarizes recent research progress on carbon cathode materials for flexible/non-flexible zinc ion capacitors, and gives a concise description of their novel structures and outstanding performance. It then discusses research on the energy storage mechanisms in the cathode materials and suggests directions for the development of carbon cathodes for zinc-ion capacitors.
- Carbon-based materials,
- Cathode materials,
- Non-flexible/Flexible electrode material,
- Zinc-ion capacitors

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