Researchers in Russia have created a computer model detailing how ionic liquids behave inside the nanopores of supercapacitors. They first used this model to analyze the motion of positively and negatively charged particles. This data will help improve the efficiency of energy storage systems.
Supercapacitors are devices that can store large amounts of energy. They usually consist of two electrodes and a thin layer of electrolyte between them. Ions inside this layer respond to electrical voltage at the electrodes of the supercapacitor.
Professor Yuri Budkov and his team investigated the interactions between the electrodes of supercapacitors and the charge-carrying cations (positively charged particles) and anions (negatively charged particles) in these systems. To do this, they created a computer model that described these interactions in detail.
Research has shown that the structure of anions and cations affects their motion and properties of the supercapacitor. They also found that cations generally transport charges better, even though they are less mobile than anions. These data will be useful in creating new types of supercapacitors based on ionic liquids.
In the future, researchers also plan to study the effects of various impurities and physical properties on the properties of supercapacitors to improve energy storage systems.
Source: Ferra
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