Carbon Nanosheets-Based Supercapacitor Materials: Recent Advances and Prospects.

ABSTRACT

The need for inexpensive and ecologically sustainable energy storage technologies is rising rapidly along with the severity of the world's environmental challenges as well as with the rising demand for portable electronics and hybrid vehicles. Supercapacitors have drawn a lot of attentions lately in this regard because of their ultrahigh power density, outstanding electrochemical stability, and environmental friendliness. Due to various advantages, carbon materials are the choice of designer for developing commercial electrodes for various applications including devising supercapacitors. Two-dimensional (2D) carbon nanosheets (CNSs) with a large surface area and excellent electronic transport properties have fired up the interest of researchers due to their unique properties and potential applications in energy storage. Such engineered 2D porous CNS may significantly improve the energy storage performance of supercapacitor by enabling fast ion transport and charge transfer kinetics. This article summarizes the most recent and significant advances in the area of activated, porous, graphene-based various CNSs and their composites with a special focus on their use as supercapacitor electrodes. A succinct overview about their syntheses and key characterizations regarding their different structural aspects have been discussed. The present challenges and prospects in using CNS in supercapacitor applications are highlighted.