journal article·2025-01

Progress and prospects of lithium-ion capacitors: a review

Yi Liu, Hedong Jiang, Pingchun Guo, Jiake Li, Hua Zhu, Xueyun Fan, Liqun Huang, Jian Sun, Zhonghua Cao, Yanxiang Wang

Journal of Materials Science· Volume 60· Issue 4
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