In cooperation with Professor Patrice Simon, Zifeng Lin has recently published online a review article titled “Nanoporous Carbon for Electrochemical Capacitive Energy Storage” in Chemical Society Review. Zifeng Lin is a research fellow at the Rare Earth Vanadium and Titanium Materials Center of the College of MaterialsScience and Engineering, Sichuan University.Professor Simon also works as a research fellow at Sichuan University. Besides, he is a distinguished professor of Materials Sciences at Université Paul Sabatier (Toulouse, France), fellow of Academy of Sciences (French Académie des Sciences) and serves as deputy director of the French network on electrochemical energy storage (RS2E). Zifeng Lin and Partice Simon are both corresponding authors and Sichuan University is a co-corresponding work unit of the article.

“This review aims at summarizing the recent progress in nanoporous carbons, as the most commonly used EDLC electrode materials in the field of capacitive energy storage, from the viewpoint of materials science and characterization techniques. We discuss the key advances in the fundamental understanding of the charge storage mechanism in nanoporous carbon-based electrodes, including the double layer formation in confined nanopores. --- We also highlight the recent progress in advanced electrolytes for EDLCs. The better understanding of the charge storage mechanism of nanoporous carbon-based electrodes and the rational design of electrolytes should shed light on developing the next-generation of EDLCs.” (Abstract) Finally, the authors summarize the challenges and limitations of the research on nanoporous carbon-based electrodes, and point out that the combination of various research methods is expected to further clarify the relevant energy storage mechanism.

Article link：https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/cs/d0cs00059k