The invention provides a series of capacitor-used electrolytes. The capacitor-used electrolytes are alkyl-substituted tetraethylammonium tetrafluoroborate, wherein the alkyl is connected with N, and the number of carbon atoms of the alkyl is in a range of 3 to 10. A propylene carbonate solution of the electrolyte provided by the invention is adopted as an electrolytic solution of an asymmetric electrochemical capacitor, and graphite is adopted as a negative pole material, and activated carbon is adopted as a positive pole material, and therefore, the asymmetric electrochemical capacitor can be obtained. The electrolyte provided by the invention has high solubility in the propylene carbonate solution, and therefore, the insertion of positive ions in the electrolytic solution into the electrode materials and separation of the positive ions in the electrolytic solution from the electrode materials can be benefitted, and violent expansion or contraction of the lattices of the electrode materials can be avoided, and the performance of the electrode materials can be ensured, and as a result, the cycle performance and specific capacity of the capacitor can be improved. Experimental results indicate that the discharge specific capacity of the capacitor can be as high as 35mAh / g and the capacitor can have excellent cycle performance when the electrolyte provided by the invention is applied to the asymmetric electrochemical capacitor.