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Solid State Supercapacitors: From Materials to Device

Submission status
Open
Open for submission from
03 May 2023
Submission deadline
30 September 2024
Humans are witnessing the gradual transition from fossil fuel powering toward energy harvesting from renewable sources. Supercapacitors, the bridge between batteries and dielectric capacitors, play a vital role in various applications, including electric vehicles, wearable electronics, implantable biomedical devices, etc. Solid-state supercapacitors (SS-SCs) are ideal candidates for such applications as they can achieve high energy storage performance along with mechanical flexibility, long cycling stability, environmental sustainability, and improved safety. Yet, the limits of SS-SCs can be pushed much further by focussing on suitable material development not only for electrode but also solid-state electrolytes and the compatibility between them. Despite challenges, a deeper investigation about the electrode-electrolyte interaction in SS-SCs through synthesis and various characterization is important. Through the special topical issue of __Solid State Supercapacitors: From Materials to Device__, the Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry aims to curate research and review articles that propose or demonstrate ideas to take SS-SCs one step closer to practical application. It also welcomes studies, using both theoretical and in situ techniques that will shed light on the mechanisms and bottlenecks of current SS-SCs. This special issue is anticipated to promote a holistic growth in the field of SS-SCs from novel materials to advanced device.

Editors

  • Prof. Daniel Tan Prof. Daniel Tan , 

    Prof. Daniel Tan

    is the Deputy Head of Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in China. He obtained a PhD in Physics from Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1989 with expertise in defects in solids. He then taught at the University of Science and Technology of China. From 1994, Professor Tan moved to USA and received his Ph.D. in engineering from UIUC focusing on ferroelectric ceramics. Then, he developed dielectric ceramics and polymers, capacitors, and energy storage technologies in industry for 20 years. He has over 90 publications and 55 invention patents in these areas.

  • Prof. Zhong-Shuai Wu Prof. Zhong-Shuai Wu  &

    Prof. Zhong-Shuai Wu

    is the group leader of 2D materials chemistry & energy applications at Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He received his Ph.D. from the Institute for Metal Research of CAS in 2011 and worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz, Germany, from 2011 to 2015. Subsequently, he became a full professor and was promoted in 2018 as a DICP Chair Professor. His research interests include the chemistry of graphene and 2D materials, surface- and nanoelectrochemistry, microscale electrochemical energy storage devices, supercapacitors, metal ion batteries.

  • Prof. Xiaoyan Zhang Prof. Xiaoyan Zhang

    Prof. Xiaoyan Zhang

    is the team leader of the 'Chemistry of 2D Materials' group at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. His research is centred on combination of functional molecules with 2D materials through covalent and noncovalent approaches. The as-prepared molecules/2D materials hybrid systems are further explored in ad-hoc applications such as energy storage devices. Through his research, understanding of the structure-property-function relationship will be studied in detail, especially on how molecules affect the properties of 2D materials.

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