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  Nanotechnology offers new approach to increasing storage ability of dielectric capacitors Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-10-26 21:24 -0500
    Re: Nanotechnology offers new approach to increasing storage ability of dielectric capacitors jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-10-27 04:50 +0000

#528407 — Nanotechnology offers new approach to increasing storage ability of dielectric capacitors

Nanotechnology offers new approach to increasing storage ability of 
dielectric capacitors
> http://phys.org/news/2015-10-nanotechnology-approach-storage-ability-dielectric.html


> In contrast to batteries, which offer high storage capacity but slow
> delivery of energy, capacitors provide fast delivery but poor storage
> capacity.
>
> A great deal of effort has been devoted to improving this
> feature—known as energy density—of dielectric capacitors, which
> comprise an insulating material sandwiched between two conducting
> metal plates.
>
> Now, a group of researchers at the University of Delaware and the
> Chinese Academy of Sciences has successfully used nanotechnology to
> achieve this goal.
>
> The work is reported in a paper, "Dielectric Capacitors with
> Three-Dimensional Nanoscale Interdigital Electrodes for Energy
> Storage," published in Science Advances.
>
> "With our approach, we achieved an energy density of about two watts
> per kilogram, which is significantly higher than that of other
> dielectric capacitor structures reported in the literature," says
> Bingqing Wei, professor of mechanical engineering at UD.
>
> "To our knowledge, this is the first time that 3D nanoscale
> interdigital electrodes have been realized in practice," he adds.
> "With their high surface area relative to their size, carbon
> nanotubes embedded in uniquely designed and structured 3D
> architectures have enabled us to address the low ability of
> dielectric capacitors to store energy."
>


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Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:

Yet another copy of an arm waving cut and paste.

Have you ever wondered what your life might have been like if you had
the competence to do more than just copy the words of others, spamming
piece of shit?



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Jim Pennino

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