Polymer Electric Storage, Flexible And Adaptable

Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 21:07 in Physics & Chemistry

The proliferation of solar, wind and even tidal electric generation and the rapid emergence of hybrid electric automobiles demands flexible and reliable methods of high-capacity electrical storage. Now materials scientists are developing ferroelectric polymer-based capacitors that can deliver power more rapidly and are much lighter than conventional batteries.

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