Micro-Supercapacitors

Failed batteries are a problem that plague both cell-phones and Amateur Radio satellites but Micro-Supercapacitors may provide a solution.

ScienceDaily reports that Berkeley Lab scientist John Chmiola believes he has found a solution in electrochemical capacitors, which are commonly referred to as "supercapacitors" because of their higher energy storage densities than conventional dielectric capacitors and higher abuse tolerance than batteries.

In a paper published in the April 23, 2010 issue of the journal Science, titled "Monolithic Carbide-Derived Carbon Films for Micro-Supercapacitors," Chmiola and Yury Gogotsi of Drexel University, along with other co-authors, describe a unique new technique for integrating high performance micro-sized supercapacitors into a variety of portable electronic devices through common microfabrication techniques.

Read the full ScienceDaily article
'Is There a Micro-Supercapacitor in Your Future?' at
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/
100426092805.htm

Thanks to George Boorer ZL3PN for spotting this item.