Energy Storage

Aerial view of the Monterey Bay from Twin Gates in Santa Cruz. (Photo by Nick Gonzales/UC Santa Cruz)

1. Electrical Double Layer Capacitors

  • Hierarchically porous carbon structures
  • Highly conductive, lightweight and large surface area
SEM images of porous carbon foam structures, a graph of gravimetric capacitance versus current density, and a bar chart of capacitance at different current densities.

Pseudocapacitors

  • We developed a pseudocapacitor device with an ultrahigh mass loading of 21 mg/cm2 and achieved a remarkable energy density of 7.4 Wh/kg at an average power density of 3000 W/kg.
Diagram of V₃S₄@3DGH//MnO₂@3DGH with three micrographs showing porous structures at different scales and a 3D model of layered materials.