A collaborative research team has unveiled a high-performance self-charging energy storage supercapacitor that efficiently captures and stores solar energy, a significant advancement for sustainable ...

Jeongmin Kim, Senior Researcher at DGIST (President Kunwoo Lee), in joint research with Damin Lee, Researcher at the RLRC [1] of Kyungpook National University (President Young-woo Heo), has developed ...

Solar and wind energy are abundantly available worldwide at no cost, but the big problem is the difficulty in storing it. Mechanical devices such as flywheels are inefficient. Lithium-ion batteries ...

Although most energy storage solutions on a grid-level focus on batteries, a group of researchers at MIT and Harvard University have proposed using supercapacitors instead, with their 2023 research ...

Efficient and sustainable energy storage represents a cornerstone for modern technology and the development of future clean ...

Scientists in Korea have fabricated a solar-powered charging device that can reportedly achieve a power density of 2,555.6 W kg and an energy efficiency of 63%. The system uses nickel-based compounds ...

Scientists turn plastic bottles into supercapacitors that store energy fast and cheaply, cutting waste while powering future ...

How researchers built a supercapacitor from concrete and carbon black. Detailed theory and analysis, and the performance they achieved. The possible implications of this energy-storage component. The ...

A type of plastic called PEDOT that can conduct electricity is currently used to protect the internal components of electronic devices from static electricity and in organic solar cells and ...

Unlike batteries, which store and release energy through chemical reactions, supercapacitors store energy electrostatically. This allows them to charge and discharge much faster. A supercapacitor ...