US Army lab ties up with MU to build nano-hybrid supercapacitor - power storage devices

S. Army Research Lab teamed up with a lab in Mumbai to develop nanometers
Hybrid super capacitor.
S. Army Research Lab teamed up with a lab in Mumbai to develop nanometers
Hybrid super capacitor. These long-
For hybrid cars, durable power storage will be a cheaper, greener alternative.
Super capacitors are power storage devices that can provide on-board power in hybrid vehicles.
Hybrid vehicles can operate on dual technologies;
Gasoline and electricity, for example.
When the battery stores energy in chemical form and responds to the release of electrical energy, the capacitor stores energy by simply stacking charges on both electrodes.
The US Army Aberdeen Research Laboratory, in collaboration with the Department of Chemistry at the University of Mumbai, has developed a hybrid super capacitor using nanotechnology.
S. labs will spend $34,000 to fund the project in the first year.
Professor AK Srivastava, head of the Department of independent chemistry, said: "The cooperation was completed in December 2012 and the research work will begin next month . ".
He added, "unlike the battery, the super capacitor can charge and discharge in seconds and can withstand thousands of such charging cycles.
"The joint project will combine the power of the battery and the super capacitor to achieve the best results.
Professor Srivastava said, "in the first phase, we will test certain electrochemical reactions in polar non-Proton solvents. ” The nano-
He added that the capacitors can also reduce carbon dioxide emissions by about 30%.