Advanced Nanostructured Materials for Hybrid Lithium- and Sodium-Ion Capacitors
摘要
To boost the energy efficiency of advanced energy storage technologies, various innovative strategies, i.e. smart electrode materials, hybrid mechanismsHybrid mechanisms, and progressive ionic media, are currently being explored to overcome the escalating energy demand as well as minimize the negative consequences resulting from the overuse of fossil fuels. In this regard, hybrid metal-ion capacitors like Li+ and Na+ capacitors are experiencing great attention due to their ability to deliver high energy densityEnergy density, faster energy delivery, and long cycle life. The advantages of these hybrid metal-ion capacitors arise from the synergetic properties derived from both conventional batteries and supercapacitorsSupercapacitors. Hence, lithium-ion capacitorsLithium-Ion Capacitors (LICs) and sodium-ion capacitorsSodium-Ion Capacitors (SICs) serve as a bridge between the metal-ion batteries and supercapacitorsSupercapacitors capabilities. Recently, extensive efforts have been dedicated to the development of nanostructured materialsNanostructured materials with the primary focus on structural and compositional optimization, incorporation of heteroatoms, and pore-size manipulation to improve the performance of hybrid capacitorHybrid capacitors applications. The objective of this chapter is to provide the recent developments on the use of nanostructured materialsNanostructured materials as potential electrodes for lithium- and sodium-ion capacitorsSodium-Ion Capacitors (SICs). This is channelled through by first examining the background as well as the design and mechanism of these technologies. Finally, the concluding prospects of both lithium- and sodium-ion capacitorSodium-Ion Capacitors (SICs) technologies are described.