Interactions between porous carbon electrodes and electrolyte solutions in electrical double layer (EDL) super capacitors

摘要

On EDL capacitors, some basic features. Types of carbons for electrodes in FDL (super) capacitors. Carbonization and activation processes Activated carbons and engineering of porous carbons. The electrochemical windows of relevant electrolyte solutions. Relations between ion and pore dimensions in aqueous and non-aqueous solutions. Ion sieving effects in the electrical double layer of porous carbon electrodes: estimating effective ion size in electrolytic solutions. Proton selective, activated molecular sieving carbon electrodes and related phenomena. Physical and electrochemical tools for the study of EDL (super) capacitor. Parasitic processes and side reactions in non-aqueous super capacitors. Interesting charge trapping phenomena in EDL capacitors based on activated carbon electrodes.