Researchers at Drexel University 's College of Engineering in Philadelphia have developed a battery electrode design that could work as quickly as a supercapacitor , but also store much more energy , according to an article in the journal Solar Energy . The team developed a thin film of the highly conductive material MXene for the electrode structure . MXene is macroporous ( with many small openings ) , which allows ions to quickly reach electrical charge storage sites , allowing the storage of much more power .
Researchers at Drexel University's College of Engineering in Philadelphia have developed a battery electrode design that could work as quickly as a supercapacitor, but also store much more energy, according to an article in the journal Nature Energy. The team developed a thin film using the highly conductive material MXene for the electrode design. MXene is macroporous (with many small openings), which allows ions to quickly reach electrical charge storage sites, enabling the storage of much more power.