Discovery of Supercapacitors ‘Missing Link’ Moves Laptops That Charge in 1 Minute Closer to Reality

The Debrief ^ | 29 May 2024 | Christopher Plain

[from occupied ga]

condescending twat

[zeugma]

Multiple problems with this that have to be solved.

Is the wiring in your house up to the voltage you’ll be dumping through it?

What happens in one of these ‘supercapaciters’ when it decides to dump it’s entire load? Lithum batteries burning are bad enough. Wonder what it will be like trying to deal with a cap leak or discharge?

Petrol stored in tanks in the ground or in you car are fairly stable, and is incredibly dense in terms of power.
You need something similar for electricity especially if generation capacity is limited by solar/wind generation.

I was reading about such a power storage facility that caught fire last week. It’s been burning for a week even after having a couple of millions of gallons of water dumped on it. It would seem that the process of trying to douse the fire caused more batteries to short, which required more water to try to control it, and even after it was “out”, it would restart on its own.

You’re going to need a crapload of storage facilities to handle demand.

The article mentioned that capacitors don’t hold charge over time as well as batteries. That means more loss, and additional needed demands for power. What happens to the energy when it discharges silently? Is it converted to heat as it is lost?

This is just the start off the top of my head.
Electric cars are a stupid idea in general to solve a problem that doesn’t exist.

[mbj]

+1

[mbj]

+1

A voice of reason and actual practical knowledge, thankfully.