Title: Electrochemical supercapacitors : scientific fundamentals and technological applications /
Authors: Conway, B. E.
Publisher: Plenum Press,
Year: 1999
Subjects: Storage batteries.; Electrolytic capacitors.; Electric double layer.
Contents: Similarities and differences between supercapacitors and batteries for storing electrical energy -- Energetics and elements of the kinetics of electrode processes -- Elements of electrostatics involved in treatment of double layers and ions at capacitor electrode interphases -- Behavior of dielectrics in capacitors and theories of dielectric polarization -- The double layer at capacitor electrode interfaces: its structure and capacitance -- Theoretical treatment and modeling of the double layer at electrode interfaces -- Behavior of the double layer in nonaqueous electrolytes and nonaqueous electrolyte capacitors -- The double layer and surface functionalities at carbon -- Electrochemical capacitors based on pseudocapacitance -- The electrochemical behavior of ruthenium oxide -- Capitance behavior of films of conducting, electrochemically reactive polymers -- The electrolyte factor in supercapacitor design and performance: conductivity, ion pairing and solvation -- Electrochemical behavior at porous electrodes; applications to capacitors -- Energy density and power density of electrical energy storage devices -- AC impedance behavior of electrochemical capacitors and other electrochemical systems -- Treatments of impedance behavior of various circuits and modeling of double-layer capacitor frequency response -- Self-discharge of electrochemical capacitors in relation to that at batteries -- Practical aspects of preparation and evaluation of electrochemical capacitors -- Technology development.