Graphene supercapacitor equals Li-ion battery energy density w/ 4 min recharge
TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2015
Graphene Supercapacitor equals Li-ion battery energy density
Scientists in South Korea have developed a graphene supercapacitor that stores as much energy per kilogram as a lithium-ion battery and can be recharged in under four minutes.
Supercapacitors are not a new idea. But graphene, which is a form of carbon composed of sheets a single atom thick, is especially suitable for making them.
Graphene has an area of 2,675 square metres per gram. All of this surface is available for the storage of static electricity. Graphene could therefore be used to make supercapacitors that hold more energy per kilogram than lithium-ion batteries.
Graphene is to graphite what a single playing card is to a full pack. Strong chemical bonds keep the graphene layers intact, but the individual layers are held to each other only weakly, which is why graphite can be used to make the “lead” in pencils. To make small amounts of graphene, you can peel the layers from the surface of a graphite crystal one at a time, as a dealer might when distributing cards (there are various ways of doing this). To make a lot of it, though, you have to pull the whole crystal apart, as one might scatter a pack across a table.
Dr Lu Wu of Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, in South Korea, did this in ...
More at http://www.electric-vehiclenews.com/2015/05/graphene-supercapacitor-equals-li-ion.html
= new reply since forum marked as read
LiIon batteries are already a BEV game changer, thanks TESLA, and if we can get the fast DC chargers more widely deployed and available, we kill off the ICE for good, finally.
Loving my lithium-ion powered Chevy Volt.
