A car powered by its own body panels like roof, doors, bonnet (or hood) and floor could soon be driving on roads.
A team from Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane has developed lightweight “supercapacitors” that can be combined with regular batteries to dramatically boost the power of an electric car.
The supercapacitors – a “sandwich” of electrolyte between two all-carbon electrodes – were made into a thin and extremely strong film with a high-power density.
The film could be embedded in a car’s body panels, roof, doors, bonnet and floor – storing enough energy to charge an electric car’s battery in just a few minutes.
“Supercapacitors offer a high power output in a short time, meaning a faster acceleration rate of the car and a charging time of just a few minutes, compared to several hours for a standard electric car battery,” explained post-doctoral research fellow Jinzhang Liu from QUT’s science and engineering faculty…Read More
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