The effect of additional off-diagonal disorder of interionic interaction on charge-storage in sub-nanometer pores of supramolecular carbon supercapacitors

In this work, we report sub-nanoporous carbon which is synthesized for the first time by means of supramolecular engineering methods for efficient energy storage at the electrode/electrolyte interface. The achieved value of the differential capacitance more than twice exceeds the corresponding value for the known carbon structures. Based on the constructed impedance model and microscopic theory, the physical mechanisms of the investigated processes are suggested.

supramolecular assemblies
nanoporous carbon
porous structure
імпедансна спектроскопія
Nyquist diagram
1D model of EDL
equation-of-motion method
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