By creating a new graphene material, engineers were able to facilitate the movement of ions and increase the power and energy ...

Engineers have unlocked a new class of supercapacitor material that could rival traditional batteries in energy while charging dramatically faster. By redesigning carbon structures into highly curved, ...

Consider an electric vehicle that takes only a few seconds to recharge while braking and then using that energy to power up the vehicle until the next stop. Imagine a lightweight smartphone that, ...

This video explores the potential of graphene as a supercapacitor, a technology poised to significantly impact the renewable energy market. It delves into the evolution of graphene and its role in ...

A wave of alternative battery technologies is emerging to address the drawbacks of lithium-ion, but their financial viability ...

The utility of supercapacitors lies within their capability of delivering and receiving high currents, making them effective for applications that require frequent energy storage and energy release.

Supercapacitors, which have safe and fast charge (in seconds) and high energy storage are promising in application for consumer electronics, hybrid electric vehicles and industrial power management.

A depiction of the material used by the research team. The insert shows actual images of the team’s material while the background shows the structure of graphene. Suprem Das Imagine recharging your ...

To make their supercapacitor, the researchers began by folding sheets of graphene into corrugated shapes. They then put the sheets into an electrolyte solution that kept the layers separated by a few ...

Scientists have set themselves the goal of improving these ubiquitous, fast storage devices by developing a new kind of electrode based on graphene. Supercapacitors are the nimble little siblings of ...

Scientists at UC Santa Cruz and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have reported the first example of ultrafast 3D-printed graphene supercapacitor electrodes that outperform comparable ...