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Swiss researchers have developed a hair-thin sheet battery that can be charged in 1 minute, and they think can be scaled up to make batteries for phones and cars. (ethz.ch)
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[โ€“] just_another_person@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Isn't it just a capacitor at that point if it's rapid charge and discharge?

I've been seeing these hopes and dreams fly and fail since all the hubbub about graphene batteries. Will believe it when I see it in my devices.

[โ€“] Revan343@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago

A capacitor stores energy in a different way than an electrochemical cell does