A study led by Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, has shown that carbon fibres can work as battery electrodes, storing energy directly. This opens up new opportunities for structural batteries, where the carbon fibre becomes part of the energy system.
Read the scientific article: Graphitic microstructure and performance of carbon fibre Li-ion structural battery electrodes in the journal Multifunctional Materials.
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Contact: Leif Asp, Professor of Material and Computational Mechanics, Chalmers, +46 31 772 15, leif.asp@chalmers.se