Sustainable and renewable energy resources have garnered significant attention as a means to address the rising energy needs of an expanding global population. Among various energy storage systems, supercapacitors offer distinct advantages, including ...
Sustainable and renewable energy resources have garnered significant attention as a means to address the rising energy needs of an expanding global population. Among various energy storage systems, supercapacitors offer distinct advantages, including excellent power density, rapid charge-discharge rates, long cycle life, and environmental friendliness. While carbon-based conductive materials such as activated carbon have been widely studied, they exhibit lower energy density compared to batteries due to their reliance on the electrostatic adsorption and desorption of ions, which is limited by the available surface area. To address this limitation and enhance energy density while maintaining high power density, research incorporating redox reactions is being actively pursued. These approaches generally fall into two categories: electrode modification and electrolyte modification. Capacitance can be improved by either fabricating composite electrodes using materials such as metal oxides on carbon-based substrates or by employing conductive organic materials within the electrolyte.In this study, manganese (Mn) was introduced into Cucurbit[6]uril (CB[6])-based porous carbon, which possesses a high specific surface area and excellent conductivity, to enhance the pseudocapacitive activity of the electrode. While the porous carbon provides efficient ion transport pathways for charge storage, the manganese dioxide (MnO2) induces additional Faradaic charge storage through reversible redox reactions. A synergistic effect on capacitance is expected through the interaction between these two materials. Furthermore, additional capacitance enhancement was investigated by utilizing CB[6]-derived porous carbon electrodes in a 1 M H2SO4 electrolyte containing redox-active additives, specifically hydroquinone (HQ) and p-phenylenediamine (PPD).