Supercapacitor

Sensual curves meet jagged angles in the remarkable Sian, Lamborghini's first hybrid and the first car in production history to use a supercapacitor hybrid system

Automotive

Lamborghini Sián: The first supercapacitor supercar

Lamborghini Sián couples a screaming, naturally aspirated V12 engine with a supercapacitor-based secondary electric system.

These carbon nanotube ultra-capacitors could have radical repercussions in the electric vehicle world, boosting power, range and efficiency

Automotive

Ultra-capacitor hybrid radically boosts power and efficiency of lithium batteries

Combining the unique strengths of lithium batteries with crazy-fast charging, carbon ultra-capacitors could save a ton of weight and add significant range and power to electric vehicles, according to this fascinating French startup.

A replica of the UCLA device, which can produce both electricity and hydrogen

Energy

Solar supercapacitor creates electricity and hydrogen fuel on the cheap

Hydrogen-powered vehicles are slowly hitting the streets, but mass producing, distributing and storing hydrogen is still a major roadblock. But new work out of UCLA could help lower the barrier to entry for consumers, with a device that uses sunlight to produce both hydrogen and electricity.

The new supercapacitor, made from metallized paper, can be folded up without losing its conductivity

Electronics

Metallized paper makes for flexible, foldable supercapacitors

Engineers from Georgia Tech and Korea University have developed a new supercapacitor that’s designed to store more energy for longer – and it’s made out of ordinary paper, meaning it’s flexible enough to power wearable electronics.

An electrode made of the 2D material MXene could lead to batteries that charge in a matter of seconds

Electronics

"Ion highway" electrodes drive development of batteries that charge in seconds

A team at Drexel University has used the two-dimensional material MXene to develop a new type of electrode, combining the capacitance of a regular battery with the speed of a supercapacitor, which could lead to devices that recharge in a matter of seconds.

$A new electrode design, inspired by the fractal pattern of veins in a fern leaf, could boost the energy capacity of supercapacitors 30 times over$

Energy

Fern-leaf inspires electrode for high density solar energy storage

Made from graphene and with a fern-inspired fractal structure, engineers at RMIT University have developed a new prototype electrode that could enable solar harvesting and storage systems that are thin, flexible and have high capacity.

Using 2D materials wrapped around 1D nanowires, researchers at the University of Central Florida have created a supercapcitor that can be charged in seconds, and can go on to be recharged more than 30,000 times with no ill effects

Electronics

Flexible supercapacitor process brings phones that charge in seconds a step closer

Researchers at the University of Central Florida have created a supercapcitor that can not only be fully-charged in mere seconds, but can go on to be recharged more than 30,000 times without affecting performance or capacity.

Electronics

Micro-supercapacitors store energy directly inside a chip

Scientists have managed to embed miniature supercapacitors within a microchip, using methods compatible with standard electronics manufacturing. The advance could allow future electronics to marry the benefits of batteries and supercapacitors on the same device.

Lightweight, extremely thin, and foldable, sheets of "power paper" have been created by scientists that can store significant amounts of electric charge and may one day provide ultra-thin electricity storage for modern devices

Electronics

Rechargeable paper sheets could help rewrite the book on electricity storage

Lightweight, foldable, and strong sheets of "power paper" have been created by scientists that can store significant amounts of electric charge and may one day provide ultra-thin electricity storage for modern devices.

MIT researchers have found that yarn made of niobium nanowires can be used to make very efficient supercapacitors

Electronics

High-performance flexible supercapacitors could power your next smartwatch

Researchers at MIT have developed a new type of flexible, nanowire-based supercapacitor with performance vastly exceeding its graphene counterpart. It could find use as the ideal energy source for the next generation of fitness trackers and other wearable devices.

Energy

New device combines the advantages of batteries and supercapacitors

Scientists at UCLA's California NanoSystems Institute have developed a new device that combines the high energy densities of batteries and the quick charge and discharge rates of supercapacitors

Natural silk can be processed into a material suitable for use as a lithium-ion battery anode, with impressive results (Photo: Shutterstock)

Electronics

Silk-derived material could boost battery performance

Next-generation lithium-ion batteries may hold more charge for a greater number of cycles thanks to a new material derived from natural silk. Scientists found that when used in place of graphite, it allows batteries to work for over 10,000 cycles and to store five times more lithium.