ABSTRACT
Amino acids have the ability to control the amphiphilicity, surface area and topography properties of nanomaterials, which are the key parameters for obtaining operative electrodes with a high-capacitance performance. To date, little efforts towards the formation of metal/carbon nanoparticles by using the amino acids have been dedicated to obtain a high specific area effective for supercapacitor applications. In this book chapter, a review about the effect of various amino acids on assisting the synthesis of different inorganic nanomaterials for supercapacitor electrodes is presented.
