Carbon nanotube (CNT) Based Electrodes in Supercapacitors

In today’s world, quest for energy storage has gained significant momentum and many innovative energy storage solutions have turned up due to global efforts in power generation. One of the possible energy storage solutions is the use of supercapacitors that has turned out to be a significant development owing to its high charging-discharging speed, enhanced power density with long-term cycling stability when compared to customary batteries.

Monika Aggarwal, Basant Kumar, Samina Husain

Department of Physics, Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology (affiliated to GGSIPU), New Delhi, India

Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India

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Abstract: In today’s world, quest for energy storage has gained significant momentum and many innovative energy storage solutions have turned up due to global efforts in power generation. One of the possible energy storage solutions is the use of supercapacitors that has turned out to be a significant development owing to its high charging-discharging speed, enhanced power density with long-term cycling stability when compared to customary batteries. The current review focusses on the use of one of the carbon materials viz. CNTs as supercapacitor electrode material, another refined material that can be used in making sustainable and highly efficient energy storage devices. The use of CNTs increases the surface area and the electrodes show high electrical conductivity.

Keywords: Supercapacitors, Electrodes, CNTs

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