Smart Supercapacitors

Prof. M. Basheer Ahamed is a Professor and Dean, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Tambaram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. His current research interests include supercapacitors, polymer nanocomposite materials for energy storage and EMI shielding applications, nanomaterials, nonlinear optics, laser materials and crystal growth. He has published more than 115 research papers in reputed peer-reviewed international journals, 30 book chapters and edited six books with Springer, Elsevier, ACS and RSC. Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain, PhD, is an adjunct professor and director of laboratories in the Department of Chemistry & Environmental Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, New Jersey, United States. His research is focused on the applications of nanotechnology and advanced materials, environmental management, analytical chemistry, and other various industries. Dr. Hussain is the author of numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals as well as a prolific author and editor of around 200 books, including scientific monographs and handbooks in his research areas. He has published with several reputable publishers including Elsevier.

• Part One: Fundamentals of supercapacitors1 General introduction about electrochemistry and supercapacitors2 Historical perspective of electrochemical energy storage devices3 Supercapacitors—new developments4 Fundamental understanding of charge storage mechanism5 Fundamentals of supercapacitors6 Research and technology on smart supercapacitors7 Rapidly emerging aspects & future R&D directions for supercapacitor8 Smart supercapacitors—a new perspectivePart Two: Material for Supercapacitors9 Electrode materials for EDLC and pseudocapacitors10 Hybrid supercapacitors, formation, and new advances with different electrochemical electrodes based on layered double hydroxides (LDHs), metal–organic framework (MOF) materials, smart supercapacitors11 Electrolyte materials for supercapacitors12 Nanomaterials for supercapacitors13 Nanocarbons (graphene, etc.), MXenes for energy storage applications14 Novel designs of carbon electrodes for the technological improvement of electrochemical capacitorsPart Three: Structures for Supercapacitors15 Design and fabrication of supercapacitors16 Development of symmetric and asymmetric supercapacitors–a step towards efficient and practical energy storage17 Metal-based hybrid capacitors18 Recent progress on materials, architecture, and performances of hybrid battery-supercapacitorsPart Four: Smart Supercapacitors19 Transport supercapacitors20 Flexible supercapacitors21 Recent advances in microsupercapacitors: material design, system construction, and applications22 Wearable supercapacitors23 Stretchable supercapacitor24 Healable supercapacitorsPart Five: Sustainable Supercapacitor25 Industrial manufacturing of supercapacitors26 Testing and measurement techniques for supercapacitors27 Comparison between supercapacitors and other energy storing electrochemical devices28 Sustainability of current state-of-the-art supercapacitors: a case study29 Quasi-solid-state electrolytes for pseudocapacitors and batteriesPart Six: Current problems and future development directions of Smart Supercapacitors30 Commercialization and market for supercapacitor31 Potential impact of smart-hybrid supercapacitors in novel electronic devices and electric vehicles32 Future of smart supercapacitors