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Manganese Sputtering Targets and Applications

Manganese is a chemical element with symbol Mn and atomic number 25. Manganese is not found as a free element in nature; it is often found in minerals in combination with iron. Manganese (Mn) Sputtering Targets (Size:1'', Thickness:0.125'' , Purity: 99.95%) is a metal with important industrial metal alloy uses, particularly in stainless steels.
Manganese and its alloys can be used different industrial areas and applications. Today we will look at how manganese and its alloy can be used in electrochemical supercapacitor applications.
Electrochemical supercapacitors are capacitors that make use of electrochemical phenomena in order to store charge. As charge storage devices, they are primarily used for applications that require a high power output, and a high cycle capacity. They are often used in conjunction with other energy storage devices, such as batteries, in an attempt to improve the overall performance of the system by supplementing the continuous power output of the battery with periodic bursts of high power provided by the electrochemical supercapacitor. Their advantage over traditional capacitors is a significantly improved capacitance per unit mass.
Electrochemical supercapacitors can be of two types: double layer capacitors and redox supercapacitors. The former type is comparable to a traditional capacitor as it employs the non-Faradic charge separation that occurs naturally across a double layer in an electrochemical cell in order to store charge. Activated carbon materials are predominantly used for this purpose because of their relatively low cost and high surface area. The redox supercapacitor makes use of a reversible redox reaction in order to store charge. The behavior is typically termed “pseudocapacitance” and resembles a re-chargeable battery more than a traditional capacitor.
Manganese Sputtering Targets and its oxides have enjoyed some interest as replacement materials for the more costly ruthenium oxides in electrochemical supercapacitor applications because of their relatively low cost and toxicity.
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