Supercapacitors: (Volume 5 Specialized Collections)

Supercapacitors are widely used in tiny (MEMS) high-tech devices, as well as in advanced energy systems. Practical use of ultracapacitors opens up new horizons in the technology of accumulation, storing and delivery of electrical energy. Modern materials and technologies which are used to create supercapacitors are results of the advanced achievements in the field of fundamental and applied physics and materials science. The special collection “Supercapacitors” consists of papers published by Trans Tech Publications Inc. from 2010 up to 2015 and covers a wide range of advanced achievements in the field of applied research of materials and technologies for manufacturing of supercapacitors and some of their application in different branches of engineering practice. Chapter 1: Materials and Technologies for Creating of Supercapacitors Chapter 2: Modeling and Measurements of Properties of Supercapacitors Chapter 3: Some Examples of Practical Application of Supercapacitors

Table of Contents:
Preface Chapter 1: Materials and Technologies for Creating of Supercapacitors Hollow Urchins MnO2 Nanoparticles for Electrochemical Supercapacitor Electrodes Study on Supercapacity Properties of Manganese Dioxide Active Material by the Cation Concentration Change on the Electrode Surface Effect of Microwave-Treatment Power on the Properties of Activated Carbons as Electrode Materials for Supercapacitors Study on Activated Carbon /Polyaniline Electrode Materials for Supercapacitorsts Polyaniline/Graphene Composite as Supercapacitor Electrode Electrochemical Performance of Polypyrrole/Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Composites for Supercapacitors Electrodes Electrodeposition of PANI/MnO2 Composite on SnO2/Ti Substrate for Supercapacitor Electrode Surface Modification of Carbon Electrodes for Supercapacitor Using Ammonia Water Activated Carbon from Bituminous Coal by Microwave-Assisted Heating in Different Gas Media for Supercapacitor Electrodes Preparation and Characterization of a Micro-Supercapacitor with Three-Dimensional Microelectrode Arrays Supercapacitor Electrode Materials Based on Activated Carbon /Polyaniline Doped with Nickel Salt Ordered Mesoporous Carbon/Cobalt Oxide Composites as the Electrode Materials for Supercapacitor The Effect of Support on the Electrochemical Performance of Composite Electrode Materials for Supercapacit Synthesis of Nano-MnO2/CNTs Composite and Electrochemical Properties as Electrode Material for Supercapacitor Manganese Oxide Anodized from Manganese Films Electrodeposited at Different Cathodic Currents and its Capacitive Performance Hydrous Ruthenium Oxide Coating on SWCNT Substrate for the Electrode of Supercapacitor Ordered Mesoporous Carbon Nano Spheres as Electrode Material for Supercapacitors Nickel Oxide Coated on Pretreated MWCNTs as an Electrode for Supercapacitor Electrochemical Performance of Graphene Nanosheets as Electrode Material for Supercapacitors Hierarchically Porous Carbon/MnO2 Nanocomposites as High-Performance Electrode for Asymmetric Supercapacitors Study on PTH/PANI/AC Composites as Electrode Materials for Supercapacitors Hybrid Supercapacitors Based on Polyaniline/Activated Carbon Fiber Composite Electrode Materials Pulse Electrodeposition of α-Nickel Hydroxide with Flower-Like Nanostructure for Supercapacitors Performance of Vanadium Oxide on Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes/Titanium Electrode for Supercapacitor Application High Performance Supercapacitors Electrode Derived from the Pine Needles Electrochemical Properties of Graphene Nanosheet/Polyaniline Nanocomposite as Electrode for Supercapacitors Performance of Vertically Aligned MWCNTs/Ni/Ti/Au/Si Electrode for Supercapacitors by CVD Synthesis and Characterization of PANI/Ferric Chloride Composite for Fabrication of Electrodes in Supercapacitor Phoretic Deposition of Graphene on Manganese-Cobalt Oxide Composites for Supercapacitor Electrodes Self-Supporting Electrode Based-on SWNT Paper for Supercapacitors Porous Poly(5-Cyanoindole) Electrode with High Capacitance Synthesis of Three Dimensional Graphene/Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Nanocomposites Hydrogel and Investigation of their Electrochemical Properties as Electrodes of Supercapacitors Synthesis of Hollow and Hierarchical NiO Nanosheets Nanotubes and their Application as Supercapacitor Electrodes Syntheses and Characterizations of Supercapacitors Using Nano-Sized ZnO/Nanoporous Carbon Electrodes and PVA-Based Polymer-Hydrogel Electrolytes Preparation of Activated Carbon Monolith Electrodes from Sugarcane Bagasse by Physical and Physical-Chemical Activation Process for Supercapacitor Application Synthesis of Polythiophene and its Carbonaceous Nanofibers as Electrode Materials for Asymmetric Supercapacitors Polypyrrole/Graphene Oxide Composite Electrodes for High Energy Density Supercapacitor Mesoporous Hollow Carbon Derived from Soft-Templated Hydrothermal Process for Supercapacitor Electrode Graphene-NiO Composite Electrode for Supercapacitors Synthesis and Characterization of Ni/CNTs Electrodes and their Supercapacitors Performance Ordered Macroporous Carbon/Polyaniline Nanocomposites as Electrode Materials for Supercapacitors Hybrid Supercapacitors Based on Polyaniline and Carbon Aerogels Composite Electrode Materials Effect of Compression Pressure on the Physical and Electrochemical Properties of Activated Carbon Monoliths Electrodes for Supercapacitor Application Polyaniline Grafted Amino-Functionalized Graphene Nanocomposite with Excellent Electrochemical Performance for Supercapacitor Electrode Materials Fabrication of Homogeneously Dispersed Nanoneedle Manganese Dioxide/Graphene Composite for High-Performance Electrode Use in Supercapacitor LiFePO4 - Activated Carbon Composite Electrode as Symmetrical Electrochemical Capacitor in Mild Aqueous Electrolyte Supercapacitive Properties of Hydrothermally Synthesized γ-MnOOH Nanowires Preparation and Performance of Co3O4/Polyaniline Nano-Composite for Supercapacitor Liquid/Liquid Interfacial Polymerization to Fabricate Sulfonated Graphene/Polyaniline Nanocomposite for Supercapacitors Effect of Plating Solutions on Supercapacitor Characteristics of MnO2 Films Supercapacitor from Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotubes Template-Free Electrochemical Synthesis of Well-Aligned Polypyrrole Nanofibers for Electrochemical Supercapacitors Cubic-Like Nickel Oxide Nanostructures as Large Specific Capacitance and Long-Life Supercapacitors Facile Synthesis of Hierarchically Macro/Mesoporous Carbons by Polymerization-Induced Phase Separation Combined with Starch Template Capacitive Behavior of MnO2 Nanowires Prepared by Hydrothermal Synthesis Method Effect of Ultrasonic Disperse on the Properties of Carbon Nanotubes Supercapacitors Synthesis and Electrochemical Properties of Macro-/Microporous Carbon Foams The Electrochemical Characterization of Electrochemically Synthesized MnO2-Based Mixed Oxides for Supercapacitor Applications Optimization of Nanostructures of Activated Carbon by Mechanical Methods Mesoporous Carbon with CNT Skeleton and their Electrochemical Properties Solvothermal Synthesis of Nanostructured α-Ni(OH)2/ Mesoporous Carbon Composites for Supercapacitors Facile Preparation of Microporous Carbons with High Specific Capacitance from Coal Tar Pitch for Supercapacitors Capacitance Fading Induced by Degradation of Polyaniline: Cyclic Voltammetry and SEM Study Facile Synthesis of Cobalt Oxide Uniformly Coated on Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotubes for Supercapacitors Capacitive Study of Ni(OH)2 Xerogels in KOH Solution Preparation and Characterization of NiO Nanoarrays with Different Hierarchical Porous Structure Hydrothermal Synthesis of Porous Graphene Nanosheets for Supercapacitors The Fabrication of MnO2 Nanoparticle for Supercapacitor Application Electric Double Layer Capacitor of Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes under Different Degree of Acid Oxidations Research Progress of Graphene-Based Composites in Supercapacitor Composite Material of MnO2 and CNT for Supercapacitor A Comparative Study of Potentiostatic and Potentiodynamic Method in the Synthesis of MnO2 Films for Electrochemical Capacitors Influence of Nitric Acid Oxidation on the Supercapacitive Performance of Mesoporous Carbons with Different Pore Symmetries Template Synthesis of Activated Carbon for Supercapacitor Recycling of Waste Toner and its Electrochemical Performances for Supercapacitor The Capacitive Behavior of Ni0.76Co0.24Ox Xerogels in KOH Solution Ag–Loaded Polypyrrole/Carbon Nanotube: One-Step In Situ Polymerization and Improved Capacitance Preparation and Characterization of Conducting Polymer Microspheres Ion Irradiation Effects in some Electro-Active and Engineering Polymers Studies by Conventional and Novel Techniques The Characteristics of Oil Palm Shell Biochar and Activated Carbon Produced via Microwave Heating Nanostructured Graphenes and Metal Oxides for Fuel Cell and Battery Applications Direct Growth of Polyaniline Chains from Nitrogen Site of N-Doped Carbon Nanotubes for High Performance Supercapacitor Deposition and Characterization of IrO2 Nanocrystals on Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes by MOCVD Synthesis and Pseudocapacitve Properties of Tungsten Oxide Nanorods Functional Characterisations of Hybrid Nanocomposite Films Based on Polyaniline and Carbon Nanotubes Preparation of NiO Microspheres by Hydrothermal Method and its Electrochemical Capacitive Properties Preparation and Electrochemical Characteristics of Activated Carbon Micro-Spheres for Electric Double Layer Capacitor Preparation of Fe3O4 with Solvothermal Method and its Electrochemical Properties Fabrication of Polyaniline/Carbon Nanotubes Composites Using Carbon Nanotubes Films Obtained by Electrophoretic Deposition A Novel Nickel/Iron-Layered Double Hydroxide for Supercapacitors Deposition and Characterization of Nanostructural IrOx by RF Sputtering Nitric Acid Activated Carbon Aerogels for Supercapacitors Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes/Carbon Fiber Composites for Electrochemical Applications Effects of Deposition Temperatures on the Nanoflakes Co(OH)2 Porous Films for Supercapacitors Synthesis of Polyaniline Nanoparticles Synthesis and Characterization of Nanoflakes β-Ni(OH)2 Microspheres for Supercapacitors Synthesis and Electrochemical Performance of Poly(N-Acetylaniline)/Carbon Nanotubes Composite for Supercapacitors Supercapacitive Performance of Mesoporous Carbon Materials Co-Templated by F127 and PDMS-PEO Polyaniline Binder for Functionalized Acetylene Black: A Hybrid Material for Supercapacitor Thermal Decomposition Synthesis of MoO3 for Application in Electrochemical Supercapacitors Preparation and Electrochemical Characterization of an Activated Carbon Material of High Surface Area for Supercapacitor Influence of Chemical Modification of Activated Carbon Surface on Performance of Supercapacitors Activated Nitrogen-Enriched Carbon/Reduced Expanded Graphite Composites for Supercapacitors Preparation and Electrochemical Characterization of Li-Ion Supercapacitor Polyaniline@MnO2/Graphene Oxide Ternary Composites for Electrochemical Supercapacitors A High Rate, High Capacity and Long Life (LiFePO4+AC)/Li4Ti5O12 Hybrid Battery-Supercapacitor Application of MoS2 Nanoflakes in Supercapacitor Research of Activated Carbon for Supercapacitor Prepared by Organic Template Method Synthesis, Characterization, and Electrochemical Properties of Mn3O4/Cr2O3 Composite Preparation of Fe-Mn Oxide Nanoparticles inside Carbon Nanotubes Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Graphene Oxide-MnO2 Composites for Supercapacitors A Very Thin Layer of NiO, Ni(OH)2 Nanosheets Arrays with Organic Functional Modification of Polyaniline Facile Synthesis and Performance of Reduced Graphene Oxide/Cobalt Oxide Composite for Supercapacitor Performance of Fast Thermally Reduced Graphene Oxide for Supercapacitor Study on the Capacitance Performance of Activated Carbon Material for Supercapacitor Characterization and Electrochemical Properties of Nitrogen-Doped Ordered Microporous Carbons Containing Well-Dispersed Platinum Nanoparticles Pulsed Laser Deposition of Pseudocapacitive Metal Oxide Thin Films for Supercapacitor Applications Supercapacitor Fabrication by Titanium Alloy Hierarchical Porous Materials for Supercapacitors Graphene Oxide Nanoplate-MnO2 Composites for Supercapacitors Hydrothermal Prepared α-MnO2 Nanowire and its Supercapacitor Electrochemical Performances Graphene and Metal Oxide Composites for Supercapacitors Double Templating Synthesis and Electrochemical Properties of Carbon Foams Activated Carbon Modified by Adhesion Promoter for Supercapacitor Activated Carbon Modified by Titanate Coupling Agent for Supercapacitor Eggs Shell Membrane as Natural Separator for Supercapacitor Applications Preparation and Characterization of Composite Polymer Electrolyte Study on the Application of N,N′-1-Ethyl-4-Butyl, Triethylene and Diamine Hexafluorophosphate in Supercapacitors Electrochemical Insight into Cycle Stability of Organic Electrolyte Supercapacitors Electrochemical Properties of Asymmetric Supercapacitors in Potassium Hydroxide Electrolyte Chapter 2: Modeling and Measurements of Properties of Supercapacitors Research on the System of Supercapacitor Parameters Measurement Based on High and Constant Current Control Self-Discharge and Microstructure of Supercapacitors Tested at Room Temperature and at 333 K On the Research of Identification Methods for Supercapacitor Model Parameters A New Supercapacitors Fractional Order Nonlinear Model Modeling of Temperature Characteristic of Hybrid Supercapacitor with Aqueous Electrolyte for Electric City Bus’ Power System Thermal Analysis on Symmetric Rectangular Stackable Supercapacitors An Improved Supercapacitor Model and its Parameter Identification for Wind Power Flow Optimization and Control System Chapter 3: Some Examples of Practical Application of Supercapacitors Solar LED Intelligent Lighting Systems Based on Internet of Things and New Energy Storage System Charge Strategy Study for Supercapacitors Applied to Regenerative Energy System in Elevator Application An Active-Parallel Hybrid Energy Storage System Applied for Regulating Fluctuant Wind Power Fault Ride through of Doubly Fed Induction Generator Wind Turbine Based on Supercapacitors Energy Storage Wheeled Crane Hybrid Power Control System Design The Design of the Hybrid Energy Storage System in Hybrid Construction Machinery A Numerical Controlled Constant Current Source Based on Power MOSFET Study of Supercapacitor Energy Storage Converter with Unbalanced and Nonlinear Loads A Novelty Control Strategy for the Photovoltaic Supercapacitor and Battery Hybrids Storage System A New Power Allocation Strategy of Supercapacitor/Battery Hybrid Energy Storage System for Electric Vehicles Modeling and Control Research for Fuelcell Supercapacitor Hybrid Powertrain The Energy Storage System for Light Trails Applications Based on the Supercapacitors An Innovative CubeSat Power System Efficiency Upgrading Techniques of Diesel Engine Start-Up Process Analysis Coordinated Control of Isolated Microgrid Including Wind Power, Storage and Seawater Desalination Load The Review on the Topology of Battery-Supercapacitor Hybrid System Applied into the Real-Time Wind Power Suppression Optimal Capacity Allocation for Supercapacitor Energy Storage System in Power Grid Primary Frequency Regulation Application of SCES in Improving Dynamic Response of DC Microgrid Bus Voltage Optimal Configuration Method of Hybrid Energy Storage System for Wind Farm The Design of On-Board Supercapacitor Energy Storage System of Electric-Car The Optimal Energy Storage Capacity Configuration of Photovoltaic Generation under Changing Meteorological Conditions Control Strategies of HESS for the Application of Directly Driven WTG Research on Control Strategy of Supercapacitors Energy Storage System Research on Multiple Bi-Directional DC/DC Converter in Wind Power Flow Optimization and Control System Research of SC for Improving LVRT Capability of FSIG Printed Supercapacitor as Hybrid Device with an Enzymatic Power Source