MIT’s Concrete Supercapacitors: Paving the Way for EV-Charging Roads

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Cities may charge themselves in the future. MIT researchers developed a supercapacitor from concrete and carbon black.

• Supercapacitor = stores + releases energy faster than a battery

• Carbon black = conductive material used as reinforcement filler

• Adding water enables energy storage

Concrete supercapacitors could lead to EV-charging roads and solar-storing homes. Further research will improve structural integrity and review how to offset concrete’s high CO₂ emissions. Maybe the Flinstones were ahead of their time.

Source: BBC

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