Scientific breakthrough reveals unprecedented alternative to battery power storage

[OKIsItJustMe]

http://www.surrey.ac.uk/mediacentre/press/2016/scientific-breakthrough-reveals-unprecedented-alternative-battery-power

[font face=Serif]Monday 05 Dec 2016 , written by Ms Ashley Lovell

[font size=5]Scientific breakthrough reveals unprecedented alternative to battery power storage[/font]

[font size=4]Ground-breaking research from the University of Surrey and Augmented Optics Ltd., in collaboration with the University of Bristol, has developed potentially transformational technology which could revolutionise the capabilities of appliances that have previously relied on battery power to work. This development by Augmented Optics Ltd., could translate into very high energy density super-capacitors making it possible to recharge your mobile phone, laptop or other mobile devices in just a few seconds.[/font]

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• Major scientific breakthrough research has discovered new materials offering an alternative to battery power and proven to be between 1,000-10,000 times more powerful than the existing battery alternative - a supercapacitor
• The new technology is believed to have the potential for electric cars to travel to similar distances as petrol cars without the need to stop for lengthy re-charging breaks of between 6-8 hours, and instead re-charge fully in the time it takes to fill a regular car with petrol.
• The scientific findings made by Augmented Optics Ltd and its wholly owned subsidiary Supercapacitor Materials Ltd with the University of Surrey and University of Bristol have produced a safer, faster charging, more efficient and greener alternative to battery power and supercapacitor abilities as we currently know them.

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The technology could have a seismic impact across a number of industries, including transport, aerospace, energy generation, and household applications such as mobile phones, flat screen electronic devices, and biosensors. It could also revolutionise electric cars, allowing the possibility for them to recharge as quickly as it takes for a regular non-electric car to refuel with petrol – a process that currently takes approximately 6-8 hours to recharge. Imagine, instead of an electric car being limited to a drive from London to Brighton, the new technology could allow the electric car to travel from London to Edinburgh without the need to recharge, but when it did recharge for this operation to take just a few minutes to perform.

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http://www.supercapacitormaterials.com/

[WhiteTara]

1. Thanks for all your great articles

This one is especially intriguing and I hope it will be promoted and not buried by the oil companies.

[OKIsItJustMe]

2. Youre welcome!

Yeah… don’t worry about the “oil companies.”

[paulkienitz]

3. a word of caution

Supercapacitors have been hyped before with lofty promises that were not achieved.

[BobTheSubgenius]

4. Amazing news - thank you for bringing it to us.

Do you - or does anyone - know about the limitations of the electrical grid? I'm sure I once read that the current electrical distribution system is capable of powering 15% of the cars and trucks now on the road.

Has anyone else seen this statement?

[mopinko]

5. this part here-

The new technology is believed to have the potential for electric cars to travel to similar distances as petrol cars without the need to stop for lengthy re-charging breaks of between 6-8 hours, and instead re-charge fully in the time it takes to fill a regular car with petrol.

in the market for a new car, and have not even seriously considered an electric for this reason.

[OKIsItJustMe]

6. A Tesla fan will tell you that a Supercharger will charge faster than that

https://www.tesla.com/supercharger

[mopinko]

7. even 20 minutes would drive me bats.

not that i take that many long road trips, but i resent the time it takes to fill my tank.
for years i drove an old suburban w a 40 gallon tank. much as i hated to fill it, i could drive all day on that fillup. every car i have had since needs at least a couple fillups to be able to really lay down the miles. ex's honda had a tank that measured in teaspoons. great fuel efficiency, but...
drives me bats.

[Botany]

8. thanx for posting

n/t

[OKIsItJustMe]

9. You're welcome!

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I hope something comes of it.