Under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program sponsored by the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation, ADA has been developing high performance, safe, and long cycle-life ultracapacitors by combining the novel properties of environmentally friendly ionic liquid electrolytes with carbon nanotube (CNT) electrodes.
Ultracapacitor Uses and Markets
Ultracapacitors (aka – ultracaps, supercapacitors, or electrochemical capacitors) are energy storage devices that provide power pulses for a large range of applications. The markets for ultracapacitors include transportation technology (electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles), consumer electronics (laptops, cell phones, pagers, camcorders, and hand-held tools), medical electronics (defibrillators, drug delivery units, and neurological stimulators), and military / defense devices (communication devices, unmanned aerial vehicles, spacecraft probes, and missile systems).
