Re: Supercapacitor "battery" could lead to instant charging, long chargelife





Bill Ghrist wrote:

http://www.arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070904-supercapacitor-battery-could-lead-to-instant-charging-long-charge-life.html

Supercapacitor "battery" could lead to instant charging, long charge life

EEStor have yet to even make one.

All they have is a patent. That doesn't mean their idea even works.

As for supercaps in general, their energy density is far too low to be useful as battery replacements.

Graham

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