RE: Modelling of Time Constants for Carbon Based Supercapacitors

raylec — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 08:37:21 GMT

Searching the Internet for 'inherent time constant' (in electrolytic power caps) turns out to be a rather frustrating exercise - until one stumbles upon this post and reads the

corresponding paper that you co-authored. I hope you don't mind me bothering you with the subject more than three years later ?

First of all I am curious if there has been follow-up research, at your university or elsewhere ?

Furthermore I wonder, if similar phenomena and/or consequences have been established or could be predicted for parallel and/or series-connected electrolytic power caps ?

(From a materials science point of view, high-tech electrolytic power caps could be considered the closest thing to supercaps i.m.o.).

Looking forward to your reply, Ray

RE: Modelling of Time Constants for Carbon Based Supercapacitors

shabaz — Thu, 12 Apr 2018 15:41:51 GMT

Hi Simon,

Interesting paper, will check it out. I had a question, don't all caps have the bounce-back effect you mention? (at least plastic caps as I understand, i.e. dielectric absorption). Maybe the underlying phenomenon is different in super-caps however, I don't really know enough about them.