Eco Factor: Researchers develop micro supercapacitor with remarkable potential to power electronic gadget.
A research team from France and US has developed a micro supercapacitor with remarkable potential to power mobile electronics, wireless sensor networks, biomedical implants, RFID tags and embedded micro sensors. The supercapacitor developed by the team uses electrodes made of onion-like carbon, a material in which each individual particle made up of concentric spheres of carbon atoms is 6-7 nanometers in diameter. Due to a higher surface area per volume of the electrode material, the performance of the capacitor improves dramatically enabling it to deliver power in milliseconds, much faster than any battery or super capacitor that are used in backup power supplies, wind power generators and other machinery.
Via: Gizmag
