Nanotube Supercapacitors

From: Fred Chen (flipsu5_at_comcast.net)
Date: 02/18/05

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    manofsan@yahoo.com wrote:
    > Nanotubes break records for supercapacitor performance:
    >
    > http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=7287
    >
    > Will this finally make electric cars economical? Will batteries go
    > obsolete?

    It is actually a capacitor where the electrodes are made from films
    consisting of nanotubes. The attractive properties of the film are the
    contact surface area and high conductivity of the nanotubes taken
    collectively, rather than individually.

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