Scientists have designed an ultracapacitor that maintains a near steady voltage. The novel constant-voltage design may one day help ultracapacitors find new uses in low-voltage electric vehicle ...

Bakhoum built and tested a prototype of the new ultracapacitor. After attaching a 35-watt load to the device, he found he could successfully program the voltage to stay within a 4.9 to 4.6 volt range.

The combination of carbon and potassium hydroxide allows for inexpensive construction. Some key benefits of ultracapacitors include the following: Highest capacitance density of any capacitor ...

As reported by Bloomberg, Tesla has acquired the innovative energy storage company Maxwell Technologies for $218 Million. The move is a direct departure from Tesla’s current energy storage re… ...

Before he returned, someone working on fuel cells had accidentally produced the first ultracapacitor. Now, with refinements, he was able to walk on stage with a 350 Farad ultracapacitor that was ...

Due to this unique construction, it boasts an extremely low ... Tecate's PowerBurst Type PC5 ultracapacitor is commonly specified for employment in a broad range of applications including ...

It's is a dream come true for energy seekers: a portable energy source that outperforms the best lithium-ion batteries on the market and produces 10 times the power of lead-acid batteries at half ...

An ultracapacitor, on the other hand, has no such limitations. "It's recouping 80-90 percent of the energy of your braking," Nawa CEO Ulrik Grape tells us, "and letting you use that right away ...

Ultracapacitor commercialization. Ultracapacitor designers started to see interest pique in the last several years. In 2020, an Estonian manufacturer received $161 million in new contracts for ...

Individual ultracapacitor cells have an operating voltage of about 2.7V, so modules containing multiple cells connected in series allow operation at higher voltages.

A power tool using the lithium-ion ultracapacitor would run for only a 15th as long as it would on a battery but would recharge in just a minute.

Hybrid storage melds battery, ultracapacitor Martin LaMonica Former Staff writer, CNET News Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies.