Issue 1, 2013

Nanostructured carbon–metal oxide composite electrodes for supercapacitors: a review

Abstract

This paper presents a review of the research progress in the carbon–metal oxide composites for supercapacitor electrodes. In the past decade, various carbon–metal oxide composite electrodes have been developed by integrating metal oxides into different carbon nanostructures including zero-dimensional carbon nanoparticles, one-dimensional nanostructures (carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers), two-dimensional nanosheets (graphene and reduced graphene oxides) as well as three-dimensional porous carbon nano-architectures. This paper has described the constituent, the structure and the properties of the carbon–metal oxide composites. An emphasis is placed on the synergistic effects of the composite on the performance of supercapacitors in terms of specific capacitance, energy density, power density, rate capability and cyclic stability. This paper has also discussed the physico-chemical processes such as charge transport, ion diffusion and redox reactions involved in supercapacitors.

Graphical abstract: Nanostructured carbon–metal oxide composite electrodes for supercapacitors: a review

Article information

Article type
Feature Article
Submitted
27 Jul 2012
Accepted
10 Oct 2012
First published
23 Oct 2012

Nanoscale, 2013,5, 72-88

Nanostructured carbon–metal oxide composite electrodes for supercapacitors: a review

M. Zhi, C. Xiang, J. Li, M. Li and N. Wu, Nanoscale, 2013, 5, 72 DOI: 10.1039/C2NR32040A

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