{"@attributes":{"version":"2.0"},"channel":{"title":"Tech Xplore news tagged with:supercapacitor","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/","language":"en-us","description":"Tech Xplore internet news portal provides the latest news on electronics, technology, and engineering.","item":[{"title":"High-performance supercapacitor made from upcycled water bottles","description":"Lots of single-use water bottles made from poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) end up in landfills, but there's a growing interest in upcycling them instead. Researchers in Energy & Fuels report on new heat-based fabrication methods to transform PET into supercapacitor electrodes and separator films for upcycled energy storage devices. In demonstrations, an all-plastic supercapacitor made from discarded water bottles outperformed a similar design that used a traditional glass fiber separator.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2025-10-high-supercapacitor-upcycled-bottles.html","category":"Energy & Green Tech","pubDate":"Thu, 09 Oct 2025 10:20:03 EDT","guid":"news679223792"},{"title":"Fruit peels could help power your smartphone's camera flash. Here's how","description":"Imagine turning fruit waste into technology that stores electricity. This would reduce food waste and promote clean energy storage. Postdoctoral researcher Vianney Ngoyi Kitenge transformed mangosteen peels into specialized carbon materials that he used to make supercapacitor energy storage cells. He came up with a simplified way to do this, hugely reducing the cost. This breakthrough converts agricultural waste into valuable components for energy storage technology. He sets out how it works and what's needed to make it happen.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2025-06-fruit-power-smartphone-camera.html","category":"Energy & Green Tech","pubDate":"Mon, 02 Jun 2025 14:38:05 EDT","guid":"news668093882"},{"title":"Scientists develop next-gen energy storage technologies that enable high power and capacity simultaneously","description":"A research team has developed a high-performance supercapacitor that is expected to become the next generation of energy storage devices. With details published in the journal Composites Part B: Engineering, the technology developed by the researchers overcomes the limitations of existing supercapacitors by utilizing an innovative fiber structure composed of single-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and the conductive polymer polyaniline (PANI).","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2025-05-scientists-gen-energy-storage-technologies.html","category":"Engineering","pubDate":"Fri, 09 May 2025 11:29:14 EDT","guid":"news666008947"},{"title":"Tree gum can sustainably supercharge supercapacitor lifespan","description":"A waste gum produced by trees found in India could be the key to unlocking a new generation of better-performing, more eco-friendly supercapacitors, researchers say.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2025-04-tree-gum-sustainably-supercharge-supercapacitor.html","category":"Electronics & Semiconductors","pubDate":"Fri, 11 Apr 2025 08:46:04 EDT","guid":"news663579962"},{"title":"Researchers develop light-charged supercapacitor for self-powered devices","description":"Researchers at the Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics (IAP), Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and collaborators have designed a new supercapacitor that can be charged by light shining on it. Such supercapacitors can be used in various devices, including streetlights and self-powered electronic devices such as sensors.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2024-09-supercapacitor-powered-devices.html","category":"Electronics & Semiconductors","pubDate":"Thu, 05 Sep 2024 12:42:04 EDT","guid":"news644758921"},{"title":"Understanding how ions flow in and out of the tiniest pores promises better energy storage devices","description":"Modern life relies on electricity and electrical devices, from cars and buses to phones and laptops, to the electrical systems in homes. Behind many of these devices is a type of energy storage device, the supercapacitor. My team of engineers is working on making these supercapacitors even better at storing energy by studying how they store energy at the nanoscale.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2024-05-ions-tiniest-pores-energy-storage.html","category":"Engineering","pubDate":"Wed, 29 May 2024 12:33:01 EDT","guid":"news636204773"},{"title":"Mess is best: Disordered structure of battery-like devices improves performance","description":"The energy density of supercapacitors\u2014battery-like devices that can charge in seconds or a few minutes\u2014can be improved by increasing the 'messiness' of their internal structure.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2024-04-mess-disordered-battery-devices.html","category":"Energy & Green Tech","pubDate":"Thu, 18 Apr 2024 14:00:01 EDT","guid":"news632651908"},{"title":"New material developed for better supercapacitor applications","description":"Supercapacitors, also known as ultracapacitors or electric double-layer capacitors (EDLCs), are advanced energy storage devices with unique characteristics. Unlike traditional batteries, supercapacitors store energy through the electrostatic separation of charges at the interface between an electrolyte and a high-surface-area electrode. This mechanism allows for rapid energy storage and release, enabling supercapacitors to deliver high power bursts and exhibit exceptional cycle life.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2024-02-material-supercapacitor-applications.html","category":"Energy & Green Tech","pubDate":"Thu, 01 Feb 2024 11:47:03 EST","guid":"news626010421"},{"title":"New energy-storing material could also be used to build electronic gadgets","description":" Picture a smartphone clad in a casing that's not just for protection but also doubles as a reservoir of electricity, or an electric car where the doors and floorboard store energy to propel it forward. Such technologies may one day be a reality, thanks to recent work by engineers at the University of California San Diego.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2023-10-energy-storing-material-electronic-gadgets.html","category":"Engineering","pubDate":"Thu, 05 Oct 2023 12:38:04 EDT","guid":"news615728282"},{"title":"Carbon from forest waste can be used for future energy storage, researcher says","description":"Researchers have found how to convert cost free forest waste, like pine cones, into carbon materials useful for energy storage. The method allows for easy and environmentally friendly dispersion of carbon in water, even when it is not water-soluble. The blend can then be sprayed onto a surface to produce electrodes for supercapacitors.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2023-09-carbon-forest-future-energy-storage.html","category":"Energy & Green Tech","pubDate":"Mon, 25 Sep 2023 13:45:08 EDT","guid":"news614868306"},{"title":"Researchers achieve milestone in energy capacity of supercapacitors","description":"In a new landmark chemistry study, researchers describe how they have achieved the highest level of energy storage\u2014also known as capacitance\u2014in a supercapacitor ever recorded.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2023-07-milestone-energy-capacity-supercapacitors.html","category":"Energy & Green Tech","pubDate":"Tue, 18 Jul 2023 17:04:36 EDT","guid":"news608918671"},{"title":"Scientists discover method for enhancing the capacitance of supercapacitors","description":"A supercapacitor is similar to a rechargeable battery, but unlike the latter, it is not intended for prolonged power supply. Instead, it excels at delivering brief yet potent bursts of energy. Supercapacitors are commonly employed as backup power sources in a variety of applications, including smartphones, automobiles, and compact electronic devices. For instance, in DVRs (Digital Video Recorders), a supercapacitor serves to sustain the charge to ensure the completion and preservation of video recordings in the event of a vehicle stall or loss of primary power supply.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2023-05-scientists-method-capacitance-supercapacitors.html","category":"Engineering","pubDate":"Wed, 24 May 2023 10:21:50 EDT","guid":"news604142507"},{"title":"A novel ultramicro supercapacitor with ultrahigh charge storage capability","description":"Researchers at the Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics (IAP), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), have designed a novel ultramicro supercapacitor, a tiny device capable of storing an enormous amount of electric charge. It is also much smaller and more compact than existing supercapacitors and can potentially be used in many devices ranging from streetlights to consumer electronics, electric cars and medical devices.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2023-03-ultramicro-supercapacitor-ultrahigh-storage-capability.html","category":"Electronics & Semiconductors","pubDate":"Fri, 31 Mar 2023 11:15:03 EDT","guid":"news599480101"},{"title":"Low-cost, battery-like device absorbs CO2 emissions while it charges","description":"Researchers have developed a low-cost device that can selectively capture carbon dioxide gas while it charges. Then, when it discharges, the CO2 can be released in a controlled way and collected to be reused or disposed of responsibly.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2022-05-low-cost-battery-like-device-absorbs-co2.html","category":"Energy & Green Tech","pubDate":"Fri, 20 May 2022 09:52:05 EDT","guid":"news572259120"},{"title":"Research team charges on with 'power suit' as a new battery for electric cars, spacecraft","description":"University of Central Florida scientists are charging on with an experimental battery capable of reinventing how automobiles and spacecraft are made.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2022-05-team-power-battery-electric-cars.html","category":"Energy & Green Tech","pubDate":"Wed, 04 May 2022 17:02:25 EDT","guid":"news570902541"},{"title":"Design tweak helps prevent malfunction in yarns designed to store energy","description":"In a new study, North Carolina State University researchers found a way to prevent electrical malfunctions in yarns designed to store electrical energy. Ultimately, the findings could help advance the development of \"smart textiles\" that would capture energy from the wearer's movements and power sensors and wearable electronics.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2022-03-tweak-malfunction-yarns-energy.html","category":"Electronics & Semiconductors","pubDate":"Tue, 22 Mar 2022 16:13:17 EDT","guid":"news567184395"},{"title":"A potential breakthrough for production of superior battery technology","description":"Micro-supercapacitors could revolutionize the way we use batteries by increasing their lifespan and enabling extremely fast charging. Manufacturers of everything from smartphones to electric cars are therefore investing heavily into research and development of these electronic components. Now, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed a method that represents a breakthrough for how such supercapacitors can be produced.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2022-02-potential-breakthrough-production-superior-battery.html","category":"Energy & Green Tech","pubDate":"Mon, 28 Feb 2022 07:36:07 EST","guid":"news565256164"},{"title":"Scientists enhance energy storage capacity of graphene supercapacitors via solar heating","description":"Prof. Wang Zhenyang's research group from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has enhanced the energy storage capacity of graphene supercapacitors via solar heating. Related research results were published in the Journal of Materials Chemistry A.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2022-01-scientists-energy-storage-capacity-graphene.html","category":"Energy & Green Tech","pubDate":"Thu, 27 Jan 2022 16:15:15 EST","guid":"news562522510"},{"title":"Hydrophilic polymers: The key to a green future","description":"Researchers from the University of Surrey and the University of Bristol are working on innovative devices to tame and store carbon-free renewable energy from unpredictable sources such as wind and solar.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2021-11-hydrophilic-polymers-key-green-future.html","category":"Energy & Green Tech","pubDate":"Fri, 05 Nov 2021 08:50:02 EDT","guid":"news555320117"},{"title":"Scientists develop integrated electrodes for high-energy-density flexible supercapacitors","description":"Recently, a research team led by Prof. Zhao Bangchuan from the Institute of Solid Materials of the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) synthesized 3D porous honeycomb-like CoN-Ni3N\/N-C nanosheets and vanadium nitride (VN) nanobelt arrays via in-situ growth method, respectively, and constructed a high-energy-density flexible supercapacitor device. The result has been published in Advanced Functional Materials.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2021-06-scientists-electrodes-high-energy-density-flexible-supercapacitors.html","category":"Energy & Green Tech","pubDate":"Thu, 03 Jun 2021 08:20:11 EDT","guid":"news541927192"},{"title":"Boosting the capacity of supercapacitors","description":"Carefully designed covalent organic frameworks could make supercapacitor electrodes that have a greater ability to store electric charge.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2020-11-boosting-capacity-supercapacitors.html","category":"Electronics & Semiconductors","pubDate":"Mon, 02 Nov 2020 09:48:27 EST","guid":"news523532903"},{"title":"New findings pave the way to environmentally friendly supercapacitors","description":"Similar to batteries, supercapacitors are suitable for the repeated storage of electrical energy. TU Graz researchers have presented a particularly safe and sustainable variant of such a supercapacitor in Nature Communications.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2020-10-pave-environmentally-friendly-supercapacitors.html","category":"Energy & Green Tech","pubDate":"Wed, 07 Oct 2020 08:39:08 EDT","guid":"news521278730"},{"title":"Lightweight green supercapacitors could quickly charge devices","description":"In a new study, researchers at Texas A&M University have described their novel plant-based energy storage device that could charge even electric cars within a few minutes in the near future. Furthermore, they said their devices are flexible, lightweight and cost-effective.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2020-09-lightweight-green-supercapacitors-quickly-devices.html","category":"Electronics & Semiconductors","pubDate":"Tue, 08 Sep 2020 13:25:46 EDT","guid":"news518790340"},{"title":"Lightning in a (nano)bottle: new supercapacitor opens door to better wearable electronics","description":"Researchers from Skoltech, Aalto University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have designed a high-performance, environmentally friendly and stretchable supercapacitor that can potentially be used in wearable electronics. The paper was published in the Journal of Energy Storage.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2020-06-lightning-nanobottle-supercapacitor-door-wearable.html","category":"Energy & Green Tech","pubDate":"Thu, 11 Jun 2020 11:12:36 EDT","guid":"news511092754"},{"title":"Supercapacitor promises storage, high power and fast charging","description":"A new supercapacitor based on manganese oxide could combine the storage capacity of batteries with the high power and fast charging of other supercapacitors, according to researchers at Penn State and two universities in China.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2020-05-supercapacitor-storage-high-power-fast.html","category":"Electronics & Semiconductors","pubDate":"Tue, 05 May 2020 08:07:27 EDT","guid":"news507884845"},{"title":"Fast-charging, long-running, bendy energy storage breakthrough","description":"While at the proof-of-concept stage, it shows enormous potential as a portable power supply in several practical applications including electric vehicles, phones and wearable technology.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2020-02-fast-charging-long-running-bendy-energy-storage.html","category":"Energy & Green Tech","pubDate":"Mon, 17 Feb 2020 11:00:04 EST","guid":"news501145925"},{"title":"Flexible, solar-powered supercapacitors could underpin new generation of wearable electronics","description":"A breakthrough in energy storage technology could bring a new generation of flexible electronic devices to life, including solar-powered prosthetics for amputees.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2019-02-flexible-solar-powered-supercapacitors-underpin-wearable.html","category":"Engineering","pubDate":"Thu, 14 Feb 2019 09:16:42 EST","guid":"news469358178"},{"title":"3D-printed supercapacitor electrode breaks records in lab tests","description":"Scientists at UC Santa Cruz and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have reported unprecedented performance results for a supercapacitor electrode. The researchers fabricated electrodes using a printable graphene aerogel to build a porous three-dimensional scaffold loaded with pseudocapacitive material.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2018-10-3d-printed-supercapacitor-electrode-lab.html","category":"Energy & Green Tech","pubDate":"Thu, 18 Oct 2018 11:00:02 EDT","guid":"news459065276"},{"title":"Paper-based supercapacitor uses metal nanoparticles to boost energy density","description":"Using a simple layer-by-layer coating technique, researchers from the U.S. and Korea have developed a paper-based flexible supercapacitor that could be used to help power wearable devices. The device uses metallic nanoparticles to coat cellulose fibers in the paper, creating supercapacitor electrodes with high energy and power densities - and the best performance so far in a textile-based supercapacitor.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2017-10-paper-based-supercapacitor-metal-nanoparticles-boost.html","category":"Energy & Green Tech","pubDate":"Thu, 05 Oct 2017 12:08:23 EDT","guid":"news426424091"},{"title":"Contact lens material could produce electric cars that recharge in minutes","description":"Running out of battery has become an all-too regular occurrence for most people with a smartphone. So imagine if you could recharge it in seconds. Or if you could recharge an electric car in the same time it takes to fill up a petrol vehicle. It would probably make owning one much more attractive. Well, my colleagues and I have developed a new material based on soft contact lenses that could make this a reality by making traditional batteries a thing of the past.","link":"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2016-12-contact-lens-material-electric-cars.html","category":"Energy & Green Tech","pubDate":"Thu, 15 Dec 2016 08:49:55 EST","guid":"news401014182"}]}}