Dec
29
A Little Sodium Makes Far Better Carbon Electrodes
December 29, 2016 | Leave a Comment
Michigan Technological University scientists ran tests on sodium-embedded carbon and it performed better than graphene in dye-sensitized solar cells and supercapacitors. Noted as a new material, the material has embedded sodium metal in carbon that could improve electrode performance in energy devices. The team noted a little sodium goes a long way. They are showing […]
Dec
8
A New Path For Supercapacitors to Replace Batteries
December 8, 2016 | 1 Comment
University of Surrey researchers have found a ground-breaking development of technology that could revolutionize the capabilities of appliances that have previously relied on battery power to work. The development could translate into very high energy density supercapacitors making it possible to recharge your mobile phone, laptop or other mobile devices in just a few seconds. […]
Feb
18
Putting Power On A Silicon Chip
February 18, 2016 | 1 Comment
Drexel University researchers have shown that their process for making carbon films and micro-supercapacitors will allow microchips to have their own power sources. The work is a culmination of more than half a decade of speculation, fabrication, modeling and testing by an international team of researchers led by Drexel University’s Yuri Gogotsi, PhD, and Patrice […]
Oct
1
New Process Makes Scraped Tires Into Supercapacitors
October 1, 2015 | 1 Comment
An Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL) team led by Parans Paranthaman has created flexible polymer carbon composite films as electrodes for supercapacitors. Using the technology developed at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Drexel University could have some of the 300 million scrap tires discarded each year in the United States alone […]
Jun
3
A New Designer Carbon Boosts Battery Performance
June 3, 2015 | Leave a Comment
Stanford University scientists have created a new carbon material that significantly improves the performance of batteries and supercapacitors. Zhenan Bao, the senior author of the study and a professor of chemical engineering at Stanford said, “We have developed a ‘designer carbon’ that is both versatile and controllable. Our study shows that this material has exceptional […]
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