Material, используемый для изготовления контактных линз может стать основой суперконденсаторов будущего.
Bad batteries is one of the major challenges of our time. Smartphones should be charged every day, also in need all sorts of gadgets, and robotic vacuum cleaners including. And what would you say if your smartphone could be charged in one minute, and an electric charge is carried out at the same time, for which you are used to fill the tank with gasoline? there are scientists, that claim, it's possible, and the key to this, they believe will serve as a contact lens.
A team of scientists from the UK is not working on the next battery, and over supercapacitors, that is, a device, which is characterized by, first of all, very short charging and discharging. This particular type of capacitor finds its application in many fields - from robotics, cars (eg, regenerative systems or steering function), to electrical appliances (such as toothbrushes or uninterruptible power supply). Where is then the revolution?
Самый большой недостаток нынешних суперконденсаторов является то, that for the same size able to store much less energy, than the batteries. As a result,, a bus used e.g., allow for rapid charging, но требуют более частых визитов на СТО. Scientists led by Ian Hamerton managed to solve this problem. They have created a material, which allows you to keep the main advantages of supercapacitors, and at the same time to eliminate his biggest flaw.
Ученые хотят удержать детали проекта в тайне до тех пор, until it is completed. But for sure, it became known, that their "wonderful" material based on the same, which is used in contact lenses. It is thanks to him, контактные линзы гибкие и прозрачные. Initially, it was developed 40 years ago, Donald Highgate, it is the next version is often called "gels".
British scientists have managed to combine this material with others(in secret), в результате чего появился новый материал – гибкий, well-functioning and conducting energy. new ones will be compared with the current on the supercapacitors 1000 or 10 000 times more efficient. At the moment, the technology is not yet ready for use in the operating device, but negotiations with the company Supercapacitor Materials, которая может помочь завершить этот проект.
The new generation of supercapacitors will be used primarily in the aviation and automotive industries, but certainly find use in mobile devices, such as smart phones or laptops.
A source: Furniture portal Furniture Veres
