Problem & Solution
The Problem
Electric and hybrid vehicles are the future of mobility proving its fastgrowing market, yet the available technology causes a major burden for all its manufacturers:
1. The present liquid electrolytes used in electric double-layer supercapacitors (EDLC) leaks easily endangering the passenger safety, is difficult to implement and gets affected easily by fluctuating temperatures and high voltages, thus limiting the car performance.
2. The rigid box shape of batteries and the cylindrical shape of supercapacitors strangle the design freedom by occupying a vast space in order to achieve the required voltage and performance.
The solution
CarbonCap will resolve these problems by:
1. Developing an all-solid-state structural supercapacitor as a fixed part of the entire vehicle body.
2. Exploiting unconventional car spaces to implement the shapeable supercapacitors offering more design freedom.
3. Using non-liquid electrolytes to increase car safety and avoid explosion risk.
CarbonCap will design and customize the supercapacitor to best suite each customer request and needs. CarbonCap started the research collaboration with UniPr and UniMoRe universities for the prototype development as to be ready by March 2019.
Electric and hybrid vehicles are the future of mobility proving its fastgrowing market, yet the available technology causes a major burden for all its manufacturers:
1. The present liquid electrolytes used in electric double-layer supercapacitors (EDLC) leaks easily endangering the passenger safety, is difficult to implement and gets affected easily by fluctuating temperatures and high voltages, thus limiting the car performance.
2. The rigid box shape of batteries and the cylindrical shape of supercapacitors strangle the design freedom by occupying a vast space in order to achieve the required voltage and performance.
The solution
CarbonCap will resolve these problems by:
1. Developing an all-solid-state structural supercapacitor as a fixed part of the entire vehicle body.
2. Exploiting unconventional car spaces to implement the shapeable supercapacitors offering more design freedom.
3. Using non-liquid electrolytes to increase car safety and avoid explosion risk.
CarbonCap will design and customize the supercapacitor to best suite each customer request and needs. CarbonCap started the research collaboration with UniPr and UniMoRe universities for the prototype development as to be ready by March 2019.
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