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To: Red Badger

This is a continuation of the work pioneered by Rice and UCLA (the latter who discovered how to cheaply produce graphene) and shows great promise. The biggest problem I see is the safety factor of using high storage capacitors. The ability of capacitors to charge quickly also allows them to discharge quickly so a shorted capacitor basically explodes.


14 posted on 10/24/2013 1:43:51 PM PDT by RightOnTheBorder
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To: RightOnTheBorder

Since the capacitor is basically integrated all on a ‘chip’ the mechanical problems of capacitor shorting is minimized. Shorts could be handled by integration of fuses on the chip so that if a sudden failure occurs the fuse would blow and limit any over-current situations. The thinness of the capacitor would make them ideal for use in cell phones, tablets, palm-tops and laptops, where the current level of technology has a small power requirement, and is getting smaller everyday..........


17 posted on 10/24/2013 1:50:40 PM PDT by Red Badger (The only way to defeat liberalism is to give them everything they want......then pick up the pieces.)
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