Digitalization and decarbonization are projected to be two major trends in the coming decades. As the already widespread process of digitalization continues to progress, especially in energy and transportation systems, massive data will be produced, and how these data could support and promote decarbonization has become a pressing concern. This paper presents a comprehensive review of digital technologies and their potential applications in low-carbon energy and transportation systems from the perspectives of infrastructure, common mechanisms and algorithms, and system-level impacts, as well as the application of digital technologies to coupled energy and transportation systems with electric vehicles. This paper also identifies corresponding challenges and future research directions, such as in the field of blockchain, digital twin, vehicle-to-grid, low-carbon computing, and data security and privacy, especially in the context of integrated energy and transportation systems.
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Electrostatic capacitors store electric energy through the separation of opposite charges by a layer of dielectric material sandwiched between a pair of metal electrodes. Such energy storage devices feature fast charge/discharge rates and high power densities, rendering them indispensable components in modern electronics and power apparatus, such as electric drive vehicles and pulsed power systems. One of the remaining technical bottleneck issues of electrostatic capacitors lies in the limited energy storage density that is usually orders of magnitude lower than the electrochemical counterparts, falling short of the need for compact-size electronics and electrical apparatus. For instance, electrostatic capacitors occupy $sim 35$