Super Strong Supercapacitor
New Battery that's Shatterproof and Nonflammable
Energy Inspired by Rust
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have invented an ultra strong supercapacitor. The team hit the supercapacitor with a hammer forty times and it still maintained 74% of its energy storage efficiency. They also tested it against an impact equivalent to a 30 mph. car crash. It took the hitting and kept on working. The inspiration for this new energy storage device came from the formation of rust on wet steel.
Innovation from Rust
The team created the device by controlling the formation of rust in a solution to grow a mat of conducting fibers onto a flexible layer of organic plastic. The Washington University researchers say the mat of polymer nanofibers with a textile-like structure that's flexible is ideal for storing energy in a supercapacitor.
New Energy
This new energy storage device is shatterproof and nonflammable unlike lithium-ion batteries. That's important because dropping electronics like a laptop can lead to their failure. And energy storage devices can go on fire from an impact-related failure. For more news stories like this, a free borrow can be found at "List of New Energy Innovations" amazon.com/author/ekane ASIN: B07KM4XLH8
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Energy Inspired by Rust
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have invented an ultra strong supercapacitor. The team hit the supercapacitor with a hammer forty times and it still maintained 74% of its energy storage efficiency. They also tested it against an impact equivalent to a 30 mph. car crash. It took the hitting and kept on working. The inspiration for this new energy storage device came from the formation of rust on wet steel.
Innovation from Rust
The team created the device by controlling the formation of rust in a solution to grow a mat of conducting fibers onto a flexible layer of organic plastic. The Washington University researchers say the mat of polymer nanofibers with a textile-like structure that's flexible is ideal for storing energy in a supercapacitor.
New Energy
This new energy storage device is shatterproof and nonflammable unlike lithium-ion batteries. That's important because dropping electronics like a laptop can lead to their failure. And energy storage devices can go on fire from an impact-related failure. For more news stories like this, a free borrow can be found at "List of New Energy Innovations" amazon.com/author/ekane ASIN: B07KM4XLH8
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