New Graphene Tech Powers Supercapacitors to Rival Traditional Batteries
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New graphene technology enables supercapacitors to rival traditional batteries, with potential applications in small IoT devices, and commenters discuss the implications and potential limitations of this development.
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I don't think energy density is that much of a limitation, because current batteries have to be over provisioned to avoid deep cycling, and then over provisioned some more to account for calendar aging, unless it's a nearly disposable product.