▲ 376 ▼ A Staggering 19x Energy Jump in Capacitors May Be the Beginning of the End for Batteries (www.popularmechanics.com) submitted 2 years ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.ml 92 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) There have been constant news articles coming out over the past few years claiming the next big thing in supercapacitor and battery technologies. More like decades. Anyone remembers buckyballs and buckytubes? What happened to that? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] davidgro@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) Nanotubes are still a thing, but most of the hype now seems to be around 'buckysheets' (graphene) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] mriguy@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) There’s an old saying: “Graphene is so versatile it can do anything except leave the laboratory”. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago To paraphrase one of society's less brilliant thinkers, "Who would have thought heathcare advanced materials science could be so hard?" permalink fedilink source parent [–] someacnt_@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I heard that nanotubes are being used in strengthening various materials. But yeah, not world-changing permalink fedilink source parent
[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) Nanotubes are still a thing, but most of the hype now seems to be around 'buckysheets' (graphene) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] mriguy@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) There’s an old saying: “Graphene is so versatile it can do anything except leave the laboratory”. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago To paraphrase one of society's less brilliant thinkers, "Who would have thought heathcare advanced materials science could be so hard?" permalink fedilink source parent [–] someacnt_@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I heard that nanotubes are being used in strengthening various materials. But yeah, not world-changing permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mriguy@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) There’s an old saying: “Graphene is so versatile it can do anything except leave the laboratory”. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago To paraphrase one of society's less brilliant thinkers, "Who would have thought heathcare advanced materials science could be so hard?" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago To paraphrase one of society's less brilliant thinkers, "Who would have thought heathcare advanced materials science could be so hard?" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] someacnt_@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I heard that nanotubes are being used in strengthening various materials. But yeah, not world-changing permalink fedilink source parent