Engineers' Insight: A supercapacitor for every system?

A supercapacitor in every system? Potential is turning to probability

Instant power, always on, disposable, or not. Traditional battery technologies are being challenged by a relatively new kid on the block, the supercapacitor. This is forcing developers across a range of battery-powered applications to examine the way they power their systems.

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In this week's Engineers' Insight, Ekaterina Rachel examines what makes the supercapacitor so practical and how it is being employed in tandem with batteries in many modern electronics systems.

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