Stanford scientists have created a new carbon material that
significantly improves the performance of batteries and supercapacitors.
(May 29,2015) Stanford
University scientists have created a new carbon material that significantly
boosts the performance of energy-storage technologies. Their results are
featured on the cover of the journal ACS Central Science.
"We have developed a 'designer carbon' that is both
versatile and controllable," said Zhenan Bao, the senior author of the
study and a professor of chemical engineering at Stanford. "Our study
shows that this material has exceptional energy-storage capacity, enabling
unprecedented performance in lithium-sulfur batteries and
supercapacitors."