RSC Advances has published a number of articles displaying the recent advances in supercacitors.

Research conducted by Wei et al., University of Delaware, USA, provide a better understanding of the self-discharge mechanism for CNT-based supercapacitors. This type of study is of practical importance in order to produce supercapacitors with tunable energy retention.

A divided potential driving self-discharge process for single-walled carbon nanotube based supercapacitors, Qing Zhang, Jiepeng Rong and Bingqing Wei, RSC Adv., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C1RA00318F, Paper

Novel and interesting materials for supercapacitors are presented by:

Ultraflexible plasmonic nanocomposite aerogel, Yi Chen, Khee Chaw Ng, Wenyi Yan, Yue Tang and Wenlong Cheng

RSC Adv., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C1RA00532D, Paper

Controllable synthesis of ZnO-based core/shell nanorods and core/shell nanotubes, Zi-Long Wang, Rui Guo, Gao-Ren Li, Liang-Xin Ding, Yan-Nan Ou and Ye-Xiang Tong, RSC Adv., 2011, 1, 48-51, Communication

An electrochemically formed three-dimensional structure of polypyrrole/graphene nanoplatelets for high-performance supercapacitors, Peng Si, Shujiang Ding, Xiong-Wen (David) Lou and Dong-Hwan Kim, RSC Adv., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C1RA00519G, Paper

Sequential crystallization of sea urchin-like bimetallic (Ni, Co) carbonate hydroxide and its morphology conserved conversion to porous NiCo2O4 spinel for pseudocapacitors, Junwu Xiao and Shihe Yang, RSC Adv., 2011, 1, 588-595, Paper

One-step synthesis of low defect density carbon nanotube-doped Ni(OH)2 nanosheets with improved electrochemical performances, Sheng Chen, Junwu Zhu, Hui Zhou and Xin Wang, RSC Adv., 2011, 1, 484-489, Paper

Hierarchical nickel sulfide hollow spheres for high performance supercapacitors, By Ting Zhu, Zhiyu Wang, Shujiang Ding, Jun Song Chen and Xiong Wen (David) Lou, RSC Adv., 2011, 1, 397-400, Communication

Peapod-like nickel@mesoporous carbon core-shell nanowires: a novel electrode material for supercapacitors, Hao Jiang, Ting Sun, Chunzhong Li and Jan Ma, RSC Adv., 2011, Advance Article, DOI:10.1039/C1RA00458A, Communication

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