Projects
Projects: Projects for Investigator |
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| Reference Number | C2/P6 | |
| Title | Development of electrochemical capacitators - super capacitators (SUPERC) | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Energy Efficiency(Transport) 5%; Other Power and Storage Technologies(Energy storage) 95%; |
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| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Chemical Engineering) 50%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering) 50%; |
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| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Project Contact No email address given HILTech Developments Ltd |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | DfT | |
| Start Date | 01 September 1999 | |
| End Date | 31 October 2002 | |
| Duration | 37 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £199,000 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Power; Transport | |
| Region | London | |
| Programme | DfT Transport Technology and Standards | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Project Contact , HILTech Developments Ltd (100.000%) |
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| Objectives | The project objective is to use a low-cost manufacturing process to produce Poly(acrylonitrile), one of the most widely used polymers in fabrics and carpets, to develop a new novel conducting polymeric material. | |
| Abstract | The methodology is to thermally restructure the PAN whilst retaining a high proportion of nitrogen and create a very large surface area in excess of 1,000 square metres per gram of material. This material can then be used with a conventional lithium electrolyte to produce an electro-chemical storage system. The industrial key objective is to match the performance of its Maxwell (major US supplier of super-capacitors) counterpart but at a much lower unit cost. A successful development will leadto the large-scale introduction of electro-chemical capacitors in a number of vehicle applications and ultimately in some stationary applications. | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 06/02/08 | |
