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1. International Journal of Engineering Inventions
e-ISSN: 2278-7461, p-ISSN: 2319-6491
Volume 4, Issue 5 (October 2014) PP: 22-27
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Supercapacitors: the near Future of Batteries
Meet Gidwani, Anand Bhagwani, Nikhil Rohra
Department of Computer Engineering, Vivekanand Education Society’s Institute of Technology, Chembur,
Mumbai-400 071, Maharashtra, India
ABSTRACT: Supercapacitors or EDLCs (i.e. electric double-layer capacitors) or ultra-capacitors are
becoming increasingly popular as alternatives for the conventional and traditional battery sources. This brief
overview focuses on the different types of supercapacitors, the relevant quantitative modeling areas and the
future of supercapacitor research and development. Supercapacitors may emerge as the solution for many
application-specific power systems. Especially, there has been great interest in developing supercapacitors for
electric vehicle hybrid power systems, pulse power applications, as well as back-up and emergency power
supplies. Because of their flexibility, however, supercapacitors can be adapted to serve in roles for which
electrochemical batteries are not as well suited. Also, supercapacitors have some intrinsic characteristics that
make them ideally suited to specialized roles and applications that complement the strengths of batteries. In
particular, supercapacitors have great potential for applications that require a combination of high power,
short charging time, high cycling stability and long shelf life. So, let’s just begin the innovative journey of these
near future of life-long batteries that can charge up almost anything and everything within a few seconds!
I. Introduction
A capacitor (originally known as a condenser) is defined as a passive terminal electrical used to store
energy electrostatically in an electric field separated by a dielectric (i.e. insulator). So what is it that adds the
‗super‘ to an ordinary ‗capacitor‘? In response to the changing global landscape, energy has become a primary
focus of the major world powers and scientific community. Witnessing today‘s era of global energy crisis, one
such device, the supercapacitor, has matured significantly over the last decade and emerged with the potential to
facilitate major advances in energy storage. This paper presents a brief overview of supercapacitors based on a
broad survey of supercapacitor research and development (R&D). Following this introduction, methodology
(section 2) is provided with respect to the fundamentals of conventional capacitors and of supercapacitors
including taxonomy of supercapacitors, discusses the different classes of such devices, and illustrates how the
different classes form a hierarchy of supercapacitor energy storage approaches. Section 3 presents the results
and findings of this technical research work which sums up the entire analysis of the major quantitative
modeling research areas concerning the optimization of supercapacitors. Finally, Section 4 which is the
conclusion/discussions summarizes the prospectus on the future of supercapacitor R&D. An additional key
element of the paper is the appendix and references section that precisely jots down all the links that have
culminated together into this research paper. Let us just quickly skim through the history of batteries that led to
the creation of supercapacitors.
When was the Battery Invented? One of the most remarkable and novel discoveries in the last 400
years was electricity. We might ask, ―Has electricity been around that long?‖ The answer is yes, and perhaps
much longer, but its practical use has only been at our disposal since the mid to late 1800s, and in a limited way
at first. One of the earliest public works gaining attention was enlightening the 1893 Chicago‘s World Columbia
Exposition with 250,000 light bulbs, and illuminating a bridge over the river Seine during the 1900 World Fair
in Paris.
Early Batteries: Volta discovered in 1800 that certain fluids would generate a continuous flow of electrical
power when used as a conductor. This discovery led to the invention of the first voltaic cell, more commonly
known as the battery.
Invention of the Rechargeable Battery: In 1836, John F. Daniel, an English chemist, developed an improved
battery that produced a steadier current than earlier devices. Until this time, all batteries were primary, meaning
they could not be recharged. In 1859, the French physicist Gaston Planté invented the first rechargeable battery.
It was based on lead acid, a system that is still used today. In 1899, Waldmar Jungner from Sweden invented the
nickel-cadmium battery (NiCd), which used nickel for the positive electrode (cathode) and cadmium for the
negative (anode). High material costs compared to lead acid limited its use and two years later, Thomas Edison
produced an alternative design by replacing cadmium with iron. Low specific energy, poor performance at low
temperature and high self-discharge limited the success of the nickel-iron battery. It was not until 1932 that
Shlecht and Ackermann achieved higher load currents and improved the longevity of NiCd by inventing the
sintered pole plate. In 1947, Georg Neumann succeeded in sealing the cell. For many years, NiCd was the only
rechargeable battery for portable applications.
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Battery Developments: Benjamin Franklin invented the Franklin stove, bifocal eyeglasses and the lightning rod.
He was unequaled in American history as an inventor until Thomas Edison emerged. Edison was a good
businessman who may have taken credit for inventions others had made. Contrary to popular belief, Edison did
not invent the light bulb; he improved upon a 50-year-old idea by using a small, carbonized filament lit up in a
better vacuum. Although a number of people had worked on this idea before, Edison gained the financial reward
by making the concept commercially viable to the public.
Table1: Performance comparison between supercapacitor and Li-ion (Courtesy of Maxwell Technologies, Inc.)
II. Methodology
Fig 1: Supercapacitor diagram
The supercapacitor differs from a regular capacitor in that it has a very high capacitance. A capacitor
stores energy by means of a static charge as opposed to an electrochemical reaction. Applying a voltage
differential on the positive and negative plates charges the capacitor. This is similar to the buildup of electrical
charge when walking on a carpet. Touching an object releases the energy through the finger.
The supercapacitor, rated in farads, which is again thousands of times higher than the electrolytic
capacitor. The supercapacitor is ideal for energy storage that undergoes frequent charge and discharge cycles at
high current and short duration. Rather than operating as a stand-alone energy storage device, supercapacitors
work well as low-maintenance memory backup to bridge short power interruptions. Supercapacitors have also
made critical inroads into electric power trains. The charge time of a supercapacitor is about 10 seconds. The
self-discharge of a supercapacitor is substantially higher than that of an electrostatic capacitor and somewhat
higher than the electrochemical battery. The organic electrolyte contributes to this. The stored energy of a
supercapacitor decreases to 50% in 30-40 days. A nickel based battery self discharges 10 to 15 percent per
month but Li-ion discharges only 5% per month.
Principle: In a conventional capacitor, energy is stored by moving charge carriers, typically electrons, from one
metal plate to another. This charge separation creates a potential between the two plates, which can be harnessed
in an external circuit. The total energy stored in this fashion increases with both the amount of charge stored and
the potential between the plates. The amount of charge stored per unit voltage is essentially a function of the
size, the distance and the material properties of the plates and the material in between the plates (the dielectric),
while the potential between the plates is limited by the breakdown field strength of the dielectric. The dielectric
controls the capacitor's voltage. Optimizing the material leads to higher energy density for a given size.
Function Supercapacitor Lithium-ion (general)
Charge time
Cycle life
Cell voltage
Specific energy (Wh/kg)
Specific power (W/kg)
Cost per Wh
Service life (in vehicle)
Charge temperature
Discharge temperature
1–10 seconds
1 million or 30,000h
2.3 to 2.75V
5 (typical)
Up to 10,000
$20 (typical)
10 to 15 years
–40 to 65°C (–40 to 149°F)
–40 to 65°C (–40 to 149°F)
10–60 minutes
500 and higher
3.6 to 3.7V
100–200
1,000 to 3,000
$0.50-$1.00 (large system)
5 to 10 years
0 to 45°C (32°to 113°F)
–20 to 60°C (–4 to 140°F)
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Fig.2: Schematic of EDLC
The two key storage principles behind the supercapacitor theory are:
• Double-layer capacitance – Electrostatic storage achieved by separation of charge in a Helmholtz double
layer at the interface between the surface of a conductive electrode and an electrolyte. The separation of
charge is of the order of a few angstroms (0.3–0.8 nm), much smaller than in a conventional capacitor.
• Pseudo capacitance – Faradic electrochemical storage with electron charge-transfer, achieved by redox
reactions, intercalation or electrosorption.
Fig 3: Simplified View of EDLC
EDLCs do not have a conventional dielectric. Instead of two plates separated by an
intervening insulator, these capacitors use virtual plates made of two layers of the same substrate. Their
electrochemical properties, the so-called "electrical double layer", result in the effective separation of charge
despite the vanishingly thin (on the order of nanometers) physical separation of the layers. The lack of need for
a bulky layer of dielectric and the porosity of the material used permits the packing of plates with much
larger surface area into a given volume, resulting in high capacitances in small packages. In an electrical double
layer, each layer is quite conductive, but the physics at the interface between them means that no significant
current can flow between the layers. The double layer can withstand only a low voltage, which means that
higher voltages are achieved by matched series-connected individual
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Fig 3: Schematic construction of a wound supercapacitor
1.Terminals, 2.Safety vent, 3.Sealing disc, 4.Aluminum can, 5.Positive pole, 6.Separator, 7.Carbon electrode,
8.Collector, 9.Carbon electrode, 10.Negative pole
Fig.4: Schematic construction of a super capacitor with stacked electrodes
1.Positive electrode, 2.Negative electrode, 3.Separator
Each EDLC cell consists of two electrodes, a separator and an electrolyte. The two electrodes are often
electrically connected to their terminals via a metallic collector foil. The electrodes are usually made from
activated carbon since this material is electrically conductive and has a very large surface area to increase the
capacitance. The electrodes are separated by an ion permeable membrane (separator) used as an insulator to
prevent short circuits between the electrodes. This composite is rolled or folded into a cylindrical or rectangular
shape and can be stacked in an aluminium can or a rectangular housing. The cell is typically impregnated with a
liquid or viscous electrolyte, either organic or aqueous, although some are solid state. The electrolyte depends
on the application, the power requirement or peak current demand, the operating voltage and the allowable
temperature range. The outer housing is hermetically sealed. Most EDLC's are constructed from two carbon
based electrodes (mostly activated carbon with a very high surface area), an electrolyte (aqueous or organic) and
a separator (that allows the transfer of ions, but provides electronic insulation between the electrodes). As
voltage is applied, ions in the electrolyte solution diffuse across the separator into the pores of the electrode of
opposite charge. Charge accumulates at the interface between the electrodes and the electrolyte (the double layer
phenomenon that occurs between a conductive solid and a liquid solution interface), and forms two charged
layers with a separation of several angstroms – the distance from the electrode surface to the center of the ion
layer (d in Fig. 1). The double layer capacitance is the result of charge separation in the interface. Since
capacitance is proportional to the surface area and the reciprocal of the distance between the two layers, high
capacitance values are achieved.
Fig. 5: Ragone chart showing energy density vs. power for various energy-storage devices
In general, EDLCs improve storage density through the use of ananoporous material,
typically activated charcoal, in place of the conventional insulating dielectric barrier. Activated charcoal is an
extremely porous, "spongy" form of carbon with an extraordinarily high specific surface area—a common
approximation is that 1 gram (a pencil-eraser-sized amount) has a surface area of roughly 250 square metres
(2,700 sq ft)—about the size of a tennis court. As the surface area of such a material is many times greater than
a traditional material like aluminum, many more charge carriers (ions or radicals from the electrolyte) can be
stored in a given volume. As carbon is not a good insulator (vs. the excellent insulators used in conventional
devices), in general EDLCs are limited to low potentials on the order of 2 to 3 V.
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Fig.6: Classification of Supercapacitors
Double-layer capacitors – These ones with activated carbon electrodes or derivates with much higher
electrostatic double-layer capacitance than electrochemical pseudocapacitance
Pseudo capacitors – These are capacitors with transition metal oxide or conducting polymer electrodes with a
high amount of electrochemical pseudocapacitance
Hybrid capacitors – These are capacitors with asymmetric electrodes one of which exhibits electrostatic and the
other mostly electrochemical capacitance, such as lithium-ion capacitors. They are environmentally safe. The
various materials that can be used for supercapacitors are activated carbon, activated charcoal, activated carbon
fibers, carbon nanotubes, carbon aerogel, carbide-derived carbon, graphene, conductive polymers, metal oxides,
etc.
III. Results/Findings
This paper has presented a brief overview of supercapacitors and a short review of recent
developments. The structure and characteristics of these power systems has been described, while research in
the physical implementation and the quantitative modeling of supercapacitors has been surveyed. The pros and
cons of supercapacitors can be summarized as:
Advantages
Virtually unlimited cycle life; can be cycled millions of time
High specific power; low resistance enables high load currents
Charges in seconds; no end-of-charge termination required
Simple charging; draws only what it needs; not subject to overcharge
Safe; forgiving if abused
Excellent low-temperature charge and discharge performance
Limitations
Low specific energy; holds a fraction of a regular battery
Linear discharge voltage prevents using the full energy spectrum
High self-discharge; higher than most batteries
Low cell voltage; requires serial connections with voltage balancing
High cost per watt
Table 2: Advantages and limitations of supercapacitors
Super capacitors find many applications in consumer, public and industrial sectors and they are also
vital in medical, aviation, military, transport (hybrid electric vehicles, trains, buses, light rails, trams, cranks,
aerial lifts, forklifts, tractors and even motor-racing cars) services, energy recovery and renewable energy
technologies. For the past two years, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority has been capturing its
braking energy and then selling it back into the power grid. SEPTA‘s initial project has been successful enough
that it is launching into a second phase, with future expansions already being planned. Other electric modes of
transportation, such as electric cars and trucks, are also participating in frequency regulation markets
in PJM and ERCOT and finally with help from Supercapacitors, trains are providing new services to the grid
(Courtesy: http://theenergycollective.com News posted on February 12, 2014).
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IV. Conclusions/Discussions:
With every small family today having atleast two smartphones that are so overused and require more,
more and still more charging, supercapacitors really seem a truly convincing option. Because of their flexibility,
supercapacitors can be adapted to serve in roles for which electrochemical batteries are not as well suited. Also,
supercapacitors have some intrinsic characteristics that make them ideally suited to specialized roles and
applications that complement the strengths of batteries. In particular, supercapacitors have great potential for
applications that require a combination of high power, short charging time, high cycling stability, and long shelf
life. Thus, supercapacitors may emerge as the solution for many application-specific power systems. So, in a
nutshell, it can be concluded that supercapacitors are indeed the very near future for all of us on globe!
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