Supercapacitors turn the corner

Add the significance of two Chinese manufacturers selling supercapacitors improved to the energy density of lithium-ion batteries eight years ago and exhibiting other parameters batteries will never reach. A $7m follow on order has been placed for military supercapacitors.

Improved supercapacitors and their variants now enable huge opportunities in minigrids, trains, trams, trucks, heavy off-road vehicles, tiny uninterruptable power supplies for IoT nodes using energy harvesting potentially in huge numbers, 1MWh giants for hospitals and data centres. Already, supercapacitors drive brain scanners, lift Maglev trains, power rail and laser guns, go into deep space and provide the only trustworthy backup for wind turbine blade adjustment, vehicle brakes, aircraft and bus doors, memory.

They variously operate well at anything from minus 40°C to plus 150°C, even their ubiquitous 85°C meaning less or no cooling compared to batteries. Supercapacitors love the trend to safety, no toxigens, fastest charging and fit-and-forget.

'Supercapacitor Markets, Technology Roadmap, Opportunities 2021-2041' is the only post COVID-19 report on all the markets matched to new technology roadmaps, uniquely forecasting 20 years ahead by application and geography and quantifying market disruptions ahead. 80 manufacturers closely compared.

IDTechEx will be hosting the same webinar three times in Thursday 3rd September 2020, so please join which ever session is the most convenient for you. Spaces are limited.

Webinar Times

Session #1 - Asia-Pacific

Session #2 - Europe

Session #3 - Americas