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A Staggering 19x Energy Jump in Capacitors May Be the Beginning of the End for Batteries (www.popularmechanics.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There have been constant news articles coming out over the past few years claiming the next big thing in supercapacitor and battery technologies.

More like decades. Anyone remembers buckyballs and buckytubes? What happened to that?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Nanotubes are still a thing, but most of the hype now seems to be around 'buckysheets' (graphene)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I heard that nanotubes are being used in strengthening various materials. But yeah, not world-changing

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There’s an old saying: “Graphene is so versatile it can do anything except leave the laboratory”.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

To paraphrase one of society's less brilliant thinkers, "Who would have thought ~~heathcare~~ advanced materials science could be so hard?"