Supercapacitor breakthrough to power more devices


  • TECH
  • Sunday, 31 Mar 2019

Tan and her assistants using a simplified model in their lab to show how supercapacitors work.

Researchers at Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) and the National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan claim they have found a way to make supercapacitors far cheaper by using a different coating material for the electrode. 

UiTM’s Faculty of Applied Sciences senior lecturer, Assoc Prof Dr Tan Winie, says her team has devised an alternative to ­­carbon-graphene mix which is the industry ­standard.

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