High-performance magnesium ion supercapacitor developed
Team led by Professor Yoon Young-soo of Korea University collaborated with Inha University and Kangwon National University
Results published in the leading international journal Advanced Energy Materials

The team led by Professor Yoon Young-soo of the KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science and Technology developed a next-generation magnesium ion supercapacitor utilizing a magnesium-ion-based charge carrier and an active electrode material with nanoporous carbons.


The study was published online (June 23) in the leading journal Advanced Energy Materials, and featured on the back cover. The participating teams were led by Professor Yoon Young-soo of the KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science, Professor Jin Hyoung-joon of Inha University’s Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, and Professor Lim Hyung-kyu of Kangwon National University’s Division of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering. Dr. Lee Sang-moon of the Korea Basic Science Institute was among the participating researchers.    


Supercapacitors, along with lithium-ion batteries, are widely used energy storage devices. Unlike lithium-ion batteries that store energy through chemical reactions within active materials (energy storage materials), supercapacitors store energy through the physical adsorption and desorption of charge carriers on electrode surfaces. This allows supercapacitors to store energy much faster than lithium-ion batteries, allowing a long battery life but limiting energy density.