Supercapacitors and Their Applications: Advances and Challenges
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "D2: Electrochem: Batteries, Fuel Cells, Capacitors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2027 | Viewed by 46
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Interests: storage; electrical metrology; FEM; magnetoelasticity; WPT; shielding
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Interests: electrical metrology; supercapacitor and battery characterisation; electrical efficiency; electricity grid measurements
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Supercapacitors (SCs) have gained significant attention as high-power energy storage devices due to their rapid charge–discharge capabilities, long life cycle, high efficiency, ability to work at low temperatures, and high safety in explosive atmospheres. These characteristics make them essential for energy storage in applications such as power electronics, backup storage, renewable energy systems, hybrid and electric vehicles, energy harvesting, and so forth. Intensive research is ongoing in both academia and industry in relation to SC components, such as electrodes, separators, and electrolytes, in order to increase their specific energy. This is true for double layer SCs (EDLCs), pseudo-SCs, and hybrid SCs. Their constant improvement follows in parallel with the improvement of battery technology. The operation of SCs in synergy with batteries is another topic of constant research, as well as the characterization of SCs, the driving power of electronics, and the standardization of tests for measuring their parameters.
We invite submissions to this Special Issue of Energies related to your latest developments and applications in this field. Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Experimental techniques for testing, characterization, monitoring, and diagnosis of SCs and SC modules or banks.
- Simulation and modeling of SC behaviour.
- Simulation and modeling of SCs banks/modules.
- Methods for determining the SoC and SoH of SCs, including the predictive maintenance of SCs and related systems.
- Measurement and modeling of SC aging.
- SC diagnostics and prognostics.
- Li-ion hybrid supercapacitors.
- Sizing algorithms for SCs in applications.
- Charge management control of mixed systems including batteries and SCs.
- Application and/or integration of SCs in e-mobility applications.
- Integration of SCs in energy and renewable energy applications.
- Peak shaving, load management, and back-up energy applications and/or issues.
- Power electronics for SCs.
- SC behaviour in operation with power converters.
- Application of SCs for grid forming (grid stability).
- SC implementation for energy harvesting or sensor networks.
- Economical and technical assessment for SC markets.
- Special devices and applications.
Dr. Mauro Zucca
Prof. Dr. Gert Rietveld
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- supercapacitors
- aging
- characterization
- charge management
- diagnosis
- economical assessment
- energy harvesting
- grid forming
- measurements
- modeling
- power converters
- power electronics
- predictive maintenance
- simulation
- sizing algorithms
- special devices
- state of charge
- state of health
- supercapacitor integration
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