ABC Catalyst 12 Aug 2010
Big progress with storage using new nano-porous materials to produce super-capacitors (hold 1000 or tens of 1000s more times more energy than conventional capacitors.)
Capacitors store energy electrostatically.
Batteries store charge chemically.
Capacitors can deliver an intense energy boost and can recharge rapidly and repeatedly.
Batteries and super-capacitors are now being comined to make batteries last 4 times longer (ultra-batteries).