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Development Prospects and Challenges in Advancing Electrochemical Capacitor-Diodes.

Zhancai Qiu1, Pei Tang1, Yihao Zhu1

  • 1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.

ACS Nano
|August 19, 2025
PubMed
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Electrochemical capacitor-diodes (CAPodes) merge energy storage and ion rectification for iontronics. Advancing CAPodes requires materials, electrolyte, and mechanism exploration for biointegrated and neuromorphic applications.

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CAPodesfunction integrationion-electronic devicematerial innovationminiaturization

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