UK company Superdielectrics says its polymer technology could make batteries cheaper and easier to recycle, but its energy ...

Scientists have set themselves the goal of improving these ubiquitous, fast storage devices by developing a new kind of ...

UK scientists have developed a cheap, safe, fast-charging battery using polymers like those in contact lenses, offering a ...

The energy density of supercapacitors -- battery-like devices that can charge in seconds or a few minutes -- can be improved by increasing the 'messiness' of their internal structure. Researchers ...

The supercapacitor-battery hybrid material would be like a “power suit that is as strong as steel and lighter than aluminum.” Apart from acting like a strong exoskeleton or car body, the power ...

The energy density of supercapacitors – battery-like devices that can charge in seconds or a few minutes – can be improved by increasing the ‘messiness’ of their internal structure ...

A supercapacitor is an alternative to a battery, capable of storing energy and releasing it very quickly. If this new tech is scalable, it could be huge in the effort to shift toward renewable energy.

They're using it to extend the lives of supercapacitors, battery-like devices that often power clean energy alternatives such as EVs. The authors of a new study published in Energy Storage ...

These tubular biosupercapacitors are therefore 3,000 times smaller than those developed previously, but with a voltage roughly the same as an AAA battery (albeit with far lower actual current flow).

Since a supercapacitor has a lower voltage level and quicker dissipation compared to a regular battery, it is crucial to make full use of its charge life and quickly replenish it after it is ...

March 08, 2022 UCF researchers Kowsik Sambath Kumar, Jayan Thomas, and Deepak Pandey with samples of their battery-supercapacitor hybrid material that could form "power suits" for electric vehicles ...

But they argue that moving forward means operating somewhere in the middle, with the understanding that a right-fit energy storage device could be more effective than a better battery or a ...