Jun

4

Super Capacitor Technology Is Back!

June 4, 2020 | Leave a Comment

University of Surrey experts believe their dream of clean energy storage is a step closer after they unveiled their ground-breaking super-capacitor technology that is able to store and deliver electricity at high power rates, particularly for mobile applications. In a paper published by the journal Energy and Environmental Materials, researchers from Surrey’s Advanced Technology Institute […]

Nov

22

A Flexible Folding Paper Supercapacitor

November 22, 2018 | Leave a Comment

Elsevier is reporting that a team of researchers from the Plasma Physics Research Centre, Science and Research Branch of Islamic Azad University in Tehran, Iran, have discovered a way of making paper supercapacitors for electricity storage. At one sheet thick, these new supercapacitors can bend, fold, flex, and still hold electricity. The team’s research paper […]

Jan

10

Hope Found For Cheaper Fuel Cells

January 10, 2018 | 2 Comments

Rice University scientists show in simulations how carbon nanomaterials may be optimized to replace the expensive platinum in cathodes for electricity-generating fuel cells. The plan is for nitrogen doped carbon nanotubes or modified graphene nanoribbons to be suitable replacements for platinum for fast oxygen reduction, the key reaction in fuel cells that transform chemical energy […]

Mar

29

Carbon Nanotubes Bump Out 99% of Platinum In Catalysts

March 29, 2017 | Leave a Comment

Aalto University researchers have developed a manufacturing method for electrocatalysts that only uses one percent of the amount of platinum generally used in commercial products. The new material activity is similar to that of commercial electrocatalysts. The method is based on the special characteristics of carbon nanotubes. Platinum is a very expensive metal making it […]

Mar

17

MIT Develops a New Process To Generate Power

March 17, 2016 | Leave a Comment

Researchers at MIT have come up with a new alternative system for generating electricity, which harnesses heat and uses no metals or toxic materials. The new approach is based on a discovery announced in 2010 by Michael Strano, the Carbon P. Dubbs Professor in Chemical Engineering at MIT, and his co-workers. At the time a […]

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