Why a solid electrolyte?

The first step into the technology development of the composite materials has been the choice between solid and liquid electrolyte.

Nowadays, the current liquid electrolytes have reached incredible performances in terms of capacity and energy stored, however they present many drawbacks such as:

• Low breakdown voltage.
• Low stability at higher temperature.
• Possible leakage and evaporation related phenomenon.
• Flammability.
• Fixed shape cylindrical cell.

CarbonCap proposes a solution that overcome all the problems thanks to the solid state electrolyte.

Basically, a solid electrolyte cannot leak or evaporate due to the state of the matter. 

This feature, incredibly increases the safety of the supercapacitor. Moreover, being completely solid, the supercapacitor is shaped upon any body or surface. In this way, we'll be able to substitute pre-existing parts of a vehicle, replacing them with an energy storage system, thanks to our structural feature.

Summarizing the solid state electrolyte allows to gain:

• Higher breakdown voltage.
• Higher stability at higher temperature.
• Tailored solution for the end user.
• Improved supercapacitor safety.

Here a brief sum up of pros and cons of the solid state electrolyte.