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Article | REF: IN137 V1

Carbon supercapacitors / high energy density carbon

Authors: Pierre-Louis TABERNA, Patrice SIMON

Publication date: August 10, 2011

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AUTHORS

  • Pierre-Louis TABERNA: CNRS researcher at Institut Carnot CIRIMAT UMR 5085, Toulouse

  • Patrice SIMON: Professor at Paul Sabatier University, Institut Carnot CIRIMAT UMR 5085, Toulouse

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Summary

Energy is at the heart of many economic and environmental concerns. Intelligent energy management goes hand in hand with efficient storage systems. Current research focuses on improving current system performance. The field of supercapacitors is a perfect illustration of this, since the recent development of microporous carbons has significantly increased the autonomy of these systems, enabling them to be considered for transport applications.

Abstract

Energy is an important economic and environmental concern. A smart energy management is linked to an efficient storage system, thus the current research works are focused on the performance improvement of today's devices. Recently, the development of microporous carbons leads to a sharp increase of ultracapacitor energy density making them suitable for transportation applications.

Keywords

supercapacitor, activated carbon, electrochemical double-layer, energy density, micropores, carbide

Keywords

supercapacitor, activated carbon, electrochemical double-layer, energy density, micropores, carbide

Key points

Field: energy storage

Degree of technology diffusion: emergence

Technologies involved: supercapacitor

Applications: transport, energy recovery, microelectronics

Main French players

Competence centers or reference laboratories: CIRIMAT-LCMIE, Université Paul Sabatier; IMN, Université de Nantes; ICGM, Université de Montpellier II; CRMD, Université d'Orléans

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