A new battery-like energy-storing device can provide protection and mechanical support and lead to extra power stored in structures like phone cases, electric vehicle frames and ship hulls. EVs could drive longer between charges, powered partly by the material they’re built from and extend the operational time of electronic systems, like in submersibles for ocean explorations or in consumer electronics—for instance, airpods. The device is a supercapacitor, an energy-storing device with two electrodes and an electrolyte.
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