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Electrode materials design is the most significant aspect in constructing a supercapacitor device. The evolution of metal nitrides/oxynitrides as supercapacitor electrode is strikingly noticeable today besides prevailing carbon or 2D materials, metal oxides/hydroxides and conducting polymers electrode materials. The theoretically estimated specific capacitance of a nitride-based supercapacitor is 1,560 F g-1. These nanostructures exhibit an excellent capacitive behavior with a specific capacitance of 15–951.3 mF cm-2 or 82–990 F g-1, high energy density (16.5-162 Wh Kg-1) and power density (7.3-54,000 W Kg-1). On this account, supercapacitor performance of metal nitrides/oxynitrides is reviewed exclusively. The major focus of the present review is directed towards state-of-art progress in supercapacitor performance of nitrides/oxynitrides, underlying charge-storage mechanism, important outcomes and their limitations. Finally, we conclude with challenges and prospects of metal nitrides/oxynitrides for supercapacitor electrodes.
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Sang Mun Jeong is a professor in Department of Chemical Engineering, Chungbuk National University and a director of the Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in 1999. He worked previously at CPE Lyon (France), University of Nottingham (UK), University of Utah (US), LG Chemical and Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI). He has published over 90 articles on chemical and electrochemical reactions for application to energy, environment and materials and is cited as the inventor on over 20 patents.
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Ghosh, S., Jeong, S.M. & Polaki, S.R. A review on metal nitrides/oxynitrides as an emerging supercapacitor electrode beyond oxide. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 35, 1389–1408 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-018-0089-6
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