We've written about graphene before: single-atom layers of carbon arranged in a lattice. Graphene has interesting and still-unexplored properties, and one group of scientists think it can be useful as a supercapacitor (which we've also written about before). A flexible supercapacitor would be very interesting indeed for wearables, all the more if it were made out of a stable … [Read more...]
Researchers Explore Capacitors Instead of Batteries to Power Wearables
Batteries are a well-known problem for wearable tech. Researchers at Rice University have developed a flexible and rechargeable power resource that bypass batteries entirely in favor of supercapacitors. James Tour, a chemist at Rice, suggests using an electrochemical capacitor a hundredth-of-an-inch thick to store power. The capacitor is easier to build than a battery, Tour … [Read more...]