Hidden Behavior of Supercapacitor Materials Revealed
Researchers from the University of Surrey’s Advanced Technology Institute (ATI) and the University of São Paulo have developed a new analysis technique that will help scientists…
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MXene Nanomaterial Offers Flexible and Stretchable High-Capacity Energy Storage
Some electronics can bend, twist and stretch in wearable displays, biomedical applications, and soft robots. While these devices’ circuits have become increasingly pliable, the batteries…
Breakthrough Means a Sustainable, Powerful Micro-Supercapacitor May Be on the Horizon
A sustainable, powerful micro-supercapacitor may be on the horizon, thanks to an international collaboration of researchers from Penn State and the University of Electronic Science…
Ultralow-Temperature Supercapacitors Using Porous Carbon Aerogel – Could Power Mars & Polar Missions
NASA’s Perseverance Rover recently made a successful landing on Mars, embarking on a two-year mission to seek signs of ancient life and collect samples. Because…
New Electrode Design Could Boost Supercapacitor Performance
Mechanical engineers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science and four other institutions have designed a super-efficient and long-lasting electrode for…
Rice Engineers Design Flexible and Stackable Laser Induced Graphene Supercapacitors
New research from Rice University details the design and testing of three-dimensional supercapacitors made with laser-induced graphene. Rice University scientists advanced their recent development of…
Graphene-Based Supercapacitors May Significantly Boost the Power of Electric Vehicles
Using a combination of exfoliated graphene and entangled multiwalled carbon nanotubes combined with plastic, paper and a gelled electrolyte, researchers have developed flexible, solid-state supercapacitors…
Crumpled Graphene Forms Stretchable Supercapacitors to Power Flexible Electronic Devices
New research from engineers at MIT details how two-dimensional carbon “paper” can form stretchable supercapacitors to power flexible electronic devices. When someone crumples a sheet…
Rice Researchers Develop Thin-Film Battery for Portable, Wearable Electronics
Researchers at Rice University have developed a new flexible energy storage technology that delivers battery-like supercapacitor performance without the lithium found in commercial batteries. A…
Scientists Develop Graphene-Coated Silicon Supercapacitor
Using porous silicon coated with graphene, material scientists at Vanderbilt University have developed the first supercapacitor that is made out of silicon. Solar cells that…
New Engineering Strategy Makes Graphene-Based Supercapacitors Viable for Widespread Use
In a newly published study, engineers from Monash University detail a new strategy to engineer graphene-based supercapacitors, making them viable for widespread use in renewable…
A Cost-Effective Fabrication Method for Micro-Scale Graphene-Based Supercapacitors
Scientists at UCLA have developed a new technique that uses a DVD burner to fabricate micro-scale graphene-based supercapacitors that can charge and discharge a hundred…
Making Graphene-Based Supercapacitors with DVD Discs
By coating a DVD disc with a film of graphite oxide that is then laser treated inside a LightScribe DVD drive to produce graphene electrodes,…