Researchers at the Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics (IAP) in the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have designed a tiny device capable of storing an enormous amount of electric charge.
The novel ultra-micro supercapacitor is smaller and more compact than existing supercapacitors and can potentially be used in devices ranging from streetlights to consumer electronics, electric cars and medical devices, IISc said on Friday.
Batteries that currently power most of these devices lose storing ability over time and capacitors, while storing electric charge for much longer, cannot discharge energy constantly — to power a mobile phone, for example.
