The use of binary mixtures of 1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium bis{(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl}imide and aliphatic nitrile solvents as electrolyte for supercapacitors

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 220, Issue , 2016, Pages 146-155

  Schütter, Christoph ^a,c   Neale, Alex R ^b   Wilde, Patrick ^b   Goodrich, Peter ^b   Hardacre, Christopher ^b   Passerini, Stefano ^c,d   Jacquemin, Johan ^b   Balducci, Andrea ^a,c  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c HELMHOLTZ INSTITUTE ULM HIU   (Germany)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

binary mixtures; ionic liquid; organic solvent; supercapacitor

Indexed keywords

BINS; CYANIDES; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS; IONIC LIQUIDS; LIQUIDS; MIXTURES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SOLVENTS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ALIPHATIC NITRILES; ELECTROCHEMICAL DOUBLE-LAYER CAPACITORS; ELECTROCHEMICAL STABILITIES; POWER DENSITIES; PROPYLENE CARBONATE; STATE OF THE ART; SUPER CAPACITOR; TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM TETRAFLUOROBORATE;

BINARY MIXTURES;

EID: 84992089430     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.10.088     Document Type: Article

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