Improving supercapacitor charge storage

超级电容器是一种能量存储系统，类似于电池，但在需要短时间、高强度的电源爆发时使用，例如安全气囊展开或相机闪光灯。我提议的研究计划利用我在电化学和超级电容器方面的专业知识来增加超级电容器储存的电荷量，并增加超级电容器储存电荷的时间。使用环保的超级电容器材料，我们将对超级电容器如何失去电荷(即自放电)有基本的了解。我们的长期研究目标将：(I)使超级电容器能够保持更长的充电时间；以及(Ii)在不牺牲超级电容器的快速响应的情况下，实现保持更多电荷的创新电极设计。这一计划的成功将减少对设备频繁充电的需求，减少浪费的能源，从而提高消费设备中的超级电容器性能。

Supercapacitors are energy storage systems that are similar to batteries but are used when short high-intensity bursts of power are required, e.g. airbag deployment or camera flashes. My proposed research program capitalizes on my expertise in electrochemistry and supercapacitors to increase the amount of charge stored by a supercapacitor and increase the time the supercapacitor can store charge. Using environmentally-friendly supercapacitor materials we will generate fundamental understanding of how supercapacitors lose charge (i.e. self-discharge). Our long-term research goals will: (i) enable supercapacitors to hold charge for longer times; and (ii) result in an innovative electrode design which holds more charge, without sacrificing the supercapacitor’s rapid response. Success in this program will lessen the need for frequent device recharging and reduce wasted energy, thereby enhancing supercapacitor performance in consumer devices.