Role of redox additive modified electrolytes in making Na-ion supercapacitors a competitive energy storage device

Abstract

The study shows the importance of moving towards hollow nanostructures for obtaining next-generation supercapacitors and batteries. Amongst various sodium-based electrode materials, NaFePO4 is one of the most promising cathodic material because of its high electrochemical potential, structural, and thermal stability. To use this material in high performance Na-ion based energy storage device, it is imperative to combine it with a suitably optimized carbon structures and a redox additive modified electrolyte. This strategy is unequivocally established in the paper. On addition of redox additive, the performance can be improved by 50%. This makes the Na-ion supercapacitor competitive with other metal ion based systems. the performance by as high as 50%. This makes the Na-ion supercapacitors competitive with other metal ion based systems.