{"id":950,"date":"2015-05-27T10:27:16","date_gmt":"2015-05-27T10:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.engines4sale.co.uk\/blog\/?p=950"},"modified":"2019-04-01T10:08:19","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T10:08:19","slug":"super-capacitors-to-kill-traditional-batteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engines4sale.co.uk\/blog\/super-capacitors-to-kill-traditional-batteries\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Capacitors to kill Traditional Batteries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_87 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\r\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\r\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\"><\/p>\r\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\r\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engines4sale.co.uk\/blog\/super-capacitors-to-kill-traditional-batteries\/#Graphene_is_a_miraculous_substance_as_it_will_charge_batteries_in_just_4_minutes_Amazing_isnt_it\" >Graphene is a miraculous substance as it will charge batteries in just 4 minutes. Amazing, isn\u2019t it?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engines4sale.co.uk\/blog\/super-capacitors-to-kill-traditional-batteries\/#What_limitations_are_we_talking_about\" >What limitations are we talking about?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engines4sale.co.uk\/blog\/super-capacitors-to-kill-traditional-batteries\/#So_who_invented_this_technology_by_the_way\" >So who invented this technology by the way?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engines4sale.co.uk\/blog\/super-capacitors-to-kill-traditional-batteries\/#The_difference_between_traditional_and_new_technology\" >The difference between traditional and new technology?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engines4sale.co.uk\/blog\/super-capacitors-to-kill-traditional-batteries\/#Where_does_this_Graphene_fit_in\" >Where does this Graphene fit in?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engines4sale.co.uk\/blog\/super-capacitors-to-kill-traditional-batteries\/#Whats_the_math\" >What\u2019s the math?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\r\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Graphene_is_a_miraculous_substance_as_it_will_charge_batteries_in_just_4_minutes_Amazing_isnt_it\"><\/span>Graphene is a miraculous substance as it will charge batteries in just 4 minutes. Amazing, isn\u2019t it?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We all know that <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Electric_car\" target=\"_blank\">electric cars<\/a><\/strong> use batteries to run and due to their limited capacity and availability of access points, they can\u2019t run long. Once the batteries run out of juice, they require plenty of time to juice up. Soon this became the major factor limiting the global adoption of electric vehicles, but now the South Korean scientist presumably has found a solution.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_limitations_are_we_talking_about\"><\/span>What limitations are we talking about?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The current generation of electric vehicles use lithium-ion batteries which are hypothetically speaking, very expensive and store power that most of the drivers find insufficient. Thus, it requires frequent top-ups on long journeys where it becomes difficult to find the access points. And worst of them all is the amount of time a single recharge consumes, and when you have to do it over \u2018n over, it\u2019s bloody annoying.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"So_who_invented_this_technology_by_the_way\"><\/span>So who invented this technology by the way?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The credit of discovering this technological breakthrough goes to Dr. Lu Wu of South Korea. He is from Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology and during his research on grapheme, a miracle substance, he discovered a new use which is going to revolutionise the electric vehicle charging process.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/51873011\">The Super Supercapacitor | Brian Golden Davis<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/focusf\">Focus Forward Films<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_difference_between_traditional_and_new_technology\"><\/span>The difference between traditional and new technology?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The difference between traditional and new technology is the use of \u201c<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.graphenea.com\/pages\/graphene-supercapacitors\" target=\"_blank\">Supercapacitor<\/a><\/strong>\u201d where traditionally, batteries are used to store electricity. Supercapacitor has changed the way electricity is stored, it stores energy in form of static electricity on the surfaces of materials.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_does_this_Graphene_fit_in\"><\/span>Where does this Graphene fit in?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Single atom thick form of carbon is known as Graphene, this is why it is the most suitable material to form a supercapacitor. It is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engines4sale.co.uk\/blog\/volvo-authenticates-new-three-cylinder-engines-future\/\" target=\"_blank\">so powerful<\/a><\/strong> that a real tiny amount of it is capable of storing huge amount of energy, for example, 2,675m sq. can be covered by one gram of it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whats_the_math\"><\/span>What\u2019s the math?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This substance is so much more powerful than any of lithium-ion batteries, like one kilogram of it would store more energy than a traditional battery. And this supercapacitor will take merely 4 minutes to get to a complete charge. But the industrial production and commercial use will take some time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Graphene is a miraculous substance as it will charge batteries in just 4 minutes. 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