Definitions
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- noun Any of several types of
capacitor that have an unusually highcapacitance
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Examples
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By putting two sheets of paper together with the cellulose side facing inwards (and a drop of electrolyte on the paper), a supercapacitor is formed.
Scientists Create Paper-Thin, Flexible, Biodegradable Battery | Impact Lab 2007
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The Scion's petrol engine, fuel tank and exhaust were swapped for a set of lead-acid batteries, four motors and a supercapacitor, which is able to soak up or discharge power much faster than a battery.
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SAIC used the opportunity to trial all the logical new technologies, such as supercapacitor buses - more than 300 of them - and fuel cell buses in a fleet that numbers more than 1000 vehicles and included electric passenger vehicles, electric street cleaners, electric delivery vehicles, even electric trikes to clean up emergency spills across the vast expo site
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pull out the engine, fuel tank, exhaust system, etc and swap in a motor, unsophisticated battery and a supercapacitor which is charged by regenerative braking.
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pull out the engine, fuel tank, exhaust system, etc and swap in a motor, unsophisticated battery and a supercapacitor which is charged by regenerative braking.
tingilinde: 2009
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It combines a supercapacitor with a lead acid battery in one unit cell, providing higher power discharge and longer life.
Transportation Tuesday: The UltraBattery Hybrid Storage Cell | Inhabitat 2008
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For instance, a typical D-cell sized electrolytic capacitor will have a storage capacity measured in microfarads, while the same size supercapacitor would store several farads, an improvement of about 10,000 times.
Transportation Tuesday: The UltraBattery Hybrid Storage Cell | Inhabitat 2008
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I think going 100,000 miles on one charge of the supercapacitor/battery is a mistake.
Transportation Tuesday: The UltraBattery Hybrid Storage Cell | Inhabitat 2008
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In the battery, you are storing electricity as “chemical potential” in the chemical bonds of materials, whereas in the supercapacitor, electricity is stored as the physical separation of charge on two physically separated collector plates.
Transportation Tuesday: The UltraBattery Hybrid Storage Cell | Inhabitat 2008
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U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Department of Transportation John Porcari visited East Penn Manufacturing Co., in Lyon Station, Pennsylvania, to award the company a $32.5 million grant to increase production capacity for their valve regulated lead-acid batteries and the UltraBattery, a lead-acid battery combined with a carbon supercapacitor, for micro and mild hybrid applications.
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Aloe vera can be used to make a supercapacitor, a device that stores energy and is similar to a battery but discharges power faster.
Aloe vera plants turned into energy-storing supercapacitors #author.fullName} 2024
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