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New oxide could be used in super-supercapacitors

April 25, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Illustration of form of nobium oxide synthesized by UCLA researchers. UCLA/Nature Materials.

Synthesized form of niobium oxide developed at UCLA has a great facility for storing energy.

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Vanadium oxide and graphene combine to accelerate battery development

April 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Rice lab finds vanadium oxide/graphene material works well for lithium-ion storage.

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Growing nanosheets for supercapacitor electrodes

December 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
FESEM image of the nanofoam

Professor X. W. Lou and co-workers report a new method to grow nanosheets on conductive substrates as a conductive agent-free electrode for supercapacitors.

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Crumpled Nitrogen-Doped Graphene – A Super Capacitor!

September 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Scientists present unique crumpled nitrogen-doped graphene nanosheets as supercapacitor materials for energy-storage.

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Micro-Supercapacitors with Graphene/Nanotube Electrodes

July 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A SEM image of a deposited graphene oxide electrode.

Researchers at Florida International University develope micro-supercapacitors with exceptional high performance and frequency response.

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High-Energy Supercapacitors based on Graphene Composites

March 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A TEM image of the graphene composite used in the construction of the positive electrode, clearly showing the flowerlike shapes that have been deposited.

A Chinese research team have constructed a powerful new supercapacitor using two types of graphene – composite and porous.

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Eggshells for Electronics: Portable Supercapacitors

March 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
eggshell-supercapacitors

Out of the trash and into your smartphone: supercapacitors from eggshell membranes.

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Graphene for Energy

November 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
graphene for energy

Graphene has the potential to solve many issues in vital energy research.

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Nano is Super: How to Make Supercapacitors from Nanomaterials

December 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Making supercapacitors from nanomaterials

A supercapacitor with high power and energy density is made using nanocomposites containing carbon nanotubes.

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