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Electronic component
A capacitor is a device that stores electrical energy by accumulating electric charges on two closely spaced surfaces that are insulated from each other. It is a passive electronic component with two terminals. A capacitor was originally known as a condenser, a term still encountered in a few compound names, such as the condenser microphone. Colloquially, a capacitor may be called a cap. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: CapacitorA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Altering Thermal Transformation Pathway to Create Closed Pores in Coal‐Derived Hard Carbon and Boosting of Na+ Plateau Storage for High‐Performance Sodium‐Ion Battery and Sodium‐Ion CapacitorInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Principles of electric circuitsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Charge Storage Mechanism of MnO 2 Electrode Used in Aqueous Electrochemical CapacitorCited 2,690 times
- Go sideways: Capacitor typesA closely related topic
- Go sideways: CapacitanceA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun An electronic component capable of storing electrical energy in an electric field; especially one consisting of two conductors separated by a dielectric.
Noun ↑ Giovanni Saggio, Principles of Analog Electronics, p. 123, CRC Press, 2014 →ISBN.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Charge Storage Mechanism of MnO 2 Electrode Used in Aqueous Electrochemical Capacitor
Relation between the Ion Size and Pore Size for an Electric Double-Layer Capacitor
Hsp90 as a capacitor for morphological evolution
Indian Ocean Capacitor Effect on Indo–Western Pacific Climate during the Summer following El Niño
Shape-engineerable and highly densely packed single-walled carbon nanotubes and their application as super-capacitor electrodes
Optimal capacitor placement on radial distribution systems
CaCu 3 Ti 4 O 12 : One-step internal barrier layer capacitor
Progress of electrochemical capacitor electrode materials: A review
🆕 Influential since 2022
Altering Thermal Transformation Pathway to Create Closed Pores in Coal‐Derived Hard Carbon and Boosting of Na+ Plateau Storage for High‐Performance Sodium‐Ion Battery and Sodium‐Ion Capacitor
Switched-Capacitor Multilevel Inverters: A Comprehensive Review
Recent progress in polymer dielectric energy storage: From film fabrication and modification to capacitor performance and application
Molecular tailoring of MnO2 by bismuth doping to achieve aqueous zinc-ion battery with capacitor-level durability
A stable rhombohedral phase in ferroelectric Hf(Zr) 1+ x O 2 capacitor with ultralow coercive field
📚 Books worth reading
Principles of electric circuitsThomas L. Floyd · 1981- 📕The Mechanical universe-- and beyondDavid L. Goodstein · 2003
- 📕Evaluation of three-terminal and four-terminal pair capacitors at high frequenciesRaymond Nelson Jones · 1980
- 📕Electrochemical Supercapacitors for Energy Storage and DeliveryAiping Yu, Victor Chabot · 2013
- 📕Advanced Electrical and Electronics MaterialsK. M. Gupta, Ashutosh Tiwari · 2015
Nanomaterials for SupercapacitorsLing Bing Kong · 2017
The capacitor handbookCletus J. Kaiser · 1990- 📕SupercapacitorsFrancois Beguin, Elzbieta Frackowiak · 2013
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🔗 Related topics
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