Mar
29
Ultracapacitors Get Really Disruptive Technology
March 29, 2013 | 2 Comments
Ionova Technologies, Inc. reports that its zinc-ion-based ZIP-Cap asymmetric ultracapacitor is expected to provide a huge improvement in ultracapacitor design. Tracking into the two notorious problems of cost and density Ionova has announced a 25-fold improvement in build costs and a 5-fold improvement in energy density. These are major improvements, especially for consumers building power […]
Nov
30
Combining Graphene and Nanotubes for Electrodes
November 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Rice University chemist James Tour led his researchers to successfully growing forests of carbon nanotubes that rise quickly from sheets of graphene to astonishing lengths of up to 120 microns forming a single surface with three dimensions. The seamless graphene/nanotube hybrid creation may be the best electrode interface material possible for many energy storage and […]
Apr
19
Ultracapacitors Ready for Power Storage
April 19, 2010 | 7 Comments
When you couple ultracapacitors with lithium batteries performance of an electric vehicle is dramatically boosted. Ultracapacitors give electric vehicles the instant response needed to get going, recover braking energy, work across a wide temperature range, and charge very quickly for thousands or millions of cycles. There is more out there than Eestor, and some are […]
Dec
24
Understanding Digital Quantum Capacitors
December 24, 2009 | 4 Comments
To start, lets get the digital quantum battery misnomer out of the way. What’s being discussed here and other places isn’t about battery building; it’s about a theoretical construction of a nano-sized capacitor. It’s interesting as the storage medium isn’t like a conventional capacitor with the material between the anode and cathode holding the energy. […]
Nov
18
By Force or a Lure Will You Drive an Electric Car?
November 18, 2009 | 2 Comments
Monday Nov. 16 saw The Electrification Coalition in Washington D.C. to persuade the government to pull the financial levers for an electric car revolution. The coalition seeks a goal made with 75% of light duty vehicles to be electric powered by 2040. The group’s forecast is their goal would essentially end imported oil and improve […]
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