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Mess is best: disordered structure of battery-like devices improves performance

18 Apr 2024

The energy density of supercapacitors – battery-like devices that can charge in seconds or a few minutes – can be improved by increasing the ‘...

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Supercapacitors store charge by adsorbing ions on a porous carbon surface

New technique for ‘seeing’ ions at work in a supercapacitor

22 Jun 2015

A new technique which enables researchers to visualise the activity of individual ions inside battery-like devices called supercapacitors, could...

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Chemists develop MRI technique for peeking inside battery-like devices

01 Aug 2014

A team of chemists from the University of Cambridge and New York University has developed a method for examining the inner workings of battery-like...

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