A Concise Review Electrochemical Supercapacitors: Electrode Materials and Device Fabrication

Electrochemical energy storage devices are considered as the propitious candidates to meet the energy needs of the future generations. Supercapacitor is one among which has its own unique properties such as long cycle life, rate capability, high capacitance and low cost. Due to these advantages, they are also investigated for the future power applications. Since electrode material plays a vital role in the performance of supercapacitor, there has been an immense attention paid by researchers to explore new materials. Furthermore, many investigations are also carried out to fabricate capacitor devices in various configurations to improve the energy and power densities. In this paper, we give a brief outline of electrode materials for supercapacitor and recent advancements in the device fabrication.