Thanks to a new technology developed by researchers, you may soon be able to charge your smartphone in a few seconds, a new technology that can significantly boost energy
Storage device called Super capacitor.
Thanks to a new technology developed by researchers, you may soon be able to charge your smartphone in a few seconds, a new technology that can significantly boost energy
Storage device called Super capacitor.
The design doubled the amount of electricity
Charging devices can be maintained, paving the way for eventual use on various devices such as smartphones and laptops, electric vehicles and electric vehicles
The researchers said the power laser.
"We're showing record numbers on energy --
"Storage capacity of super capacitors," said Michael Pope, professor at the University of Waterloo, Canada.
More energy-
We can make more dense batteries and we can start replacing more, "said Pope, who led the research published in the journal ACS Nano.
The super capacitor is a promising green alternative to conventional batteries, and in addition to the much faster charging speed, it also has advantages such as safety and improved reliability.
However, the researchers said that so far applications have been restricted due to relatively low storage capacity.
For example, the existing commercial super capacitors only store enough energy and can provide about ten percent of power to mobile phones and laptops as long as they charge their batteries.
To improve this capacity, Pope and his colleagues have developed a method for coating the atomic thin layer of conductors known as graphene with an oil-like liquid salt at the super capacitor electrode.
Liquid salts separate thin graphene sheets as spacers to prevent them from piling up like paper sheets.
This greatly increases the surface area they expose, which is the key to maximizing the use of energy --
Storage capacity.
As the electrolyte needed to actually store the charge, liquid salt can play a double role to minimize the size and weight of the super capacitor.
"This is a really cool part of it.
It's a smart, elegant design, "Pope said.
This innovation also uses detergents to reduce the size of oil-salt droplets
Combine with water in an emulsion similar to salad sauce-
In just a few hundred million meters, their coating performance has been improved.
The detergent also has the function of chemical Velcro, making the droplets stick to graphene, the researchers said.
Increasing the storage capacity of the super capacitors means that they can become small enough, light enough to be used in more applications, especially those that require a quick battery replacementcharge, quick-
Emissions, they say.
In the short term, the Pope says better capacitors can replace lead
Acid batteries in traditional vehicles for capturing buses and high power
The speed train when they brake.
Although they are unlikely to reach the full storage capacity of the battery, the super capacitors have the potential to easily and reliably power consumer electronics, electric vehicles and systems in remote areas such as space, the researchers said.
"If they are marketing for the right app in the right way, we will start seeing more and more apps in our daily lives," said Pope . ". .