Supercapacitors are energy storage devices able to deliver electricity with a high power. They consist of porous carbon electrodes in a concentrated electrolyte. Charged is stored by the adsorption of ions at the electrode surface. Nanoporous carbons allow to store more electricity thanks to a charging mechanism that differs from carbons with larger pores. This mechanism has recently been uncovered by combining in situ experiments (nuclear magnetic resonance, electrochemical quartz microbalance) and molecular simulations.
@article{arxiv.1811.09099,
title = {Towards more efficient supercapacitors: when experiments and simulations uncover the mechanisms on the nanometer scale},
author = {Benjamin Rotenberg and Mathieu Salanne and Patrice Simon},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.09099},
year = {2018}
}