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Researchers at the University of Cambridge found that increasing the disorder in supercapacitors’ carbon electrodes significantly enhances their energy storage capacity. This breakthrough could elevate the role of supercapacitors in the energy transition and public transportation sectors. Credit: SciTechDaily.com
“Supercapacitors are a complementary technology to batteries, rather than a replacement,” said Dr. Alex Forse from Cambridge’s Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, who led the research. “Their durability and extremely fast charging capabilities make them useful for a wide range of applications.”A bus, train, or metro powered by supercapacitors, for example, could fully charge in the time it takes to let passengers off and on, providing it with enough power to reach the next stop.
“Using NMR spectroscopy, we found that energy storage capacity correlates with how disordered the materials are – the more disordered materials are able to store more energy,” said first author Xinyu Liu, a PhD candidate co-supervised by Forse and Professor Dame Clare Grey. “Messiness is something that’s hard to measure – it’s only possible thanks to new NMR and simulation techniques, which is why messiness is a characteristic that’s been overlooked in this field.
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