Photo-Rechargeable Asymmetric Supercapacitors Exceeding Light-to-Charge Storage Efficiency over 21% under Indoor

Md Aftabuzzaman1, Masud1, Haoran Zhou1

  • 1Department of Advanced Materials Chemistry, Korea University, 2511 Sejong-ro, Sejong, 30019, South Korea.

Summary

Researchers developed a novel dye-sensitized photo-rechargeable asymmetric supercapacitor (DSPC) using a porous carbon scaffold. This device achieves high light-to-charge storage efficiency, ideal for wireless power packs in portable electronics.

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