Table 1 Recapitulative table of the different metrics of EDLC computed from galvanostatic charge and linear voltage sweep using the standard RsC model and the Rs–CPE model.

From: Reevaluation of Performance of Electric Double-layer Capacitors from Constant-current Charge/Discharge and Cyclic Voltammetry

  

RcC model (with Rs = 0 and V0 = 0)

Rs–CPE model

Galvanostatic charge (Icc > 0)

Voltage/V

V(t) = V0 + Icc(Rs + t/C) = Icct/C

V(t) = V0 + Icc(Rs + tα/Q)

Current/A

i = Icc

i = Icc

Capacitance/F

C = Icctss/Vcc

*

Power/W

Energy/J

Cyclic voltammetry (forward voltage sweep)

Voltage/V

Vcct/tss

Vcct/tss

Current/A

i = CVcc/tss

**

Capacitance/F

Power/W

**

Energy/J

**

  1. *Q = Icctα/Vcc in F sα−1.
  2. **b = (1/RsQ)1/α.