Next-Generation Energy Storage: Batteries and Supercapacitors
Look to Micromanufacturing Solutions to Improve Performance
Next-Generation Energy Storage: Batteries and Supercapacitors
Look to Micromanufacturing Solutions to Improve Performance By
Paula Doe, SEMI Emerging Markets Fast developing supercapacitor
technology may make batteries last longer in consumer gear as
well as hybrid buses. Thin-film battery technology, pressed
ceramic solid state batteries, and silicon anodes also all make
progress. Solid state batteries are finally seeing real revenues
in some specialty niches, but scaling the technology to more
demanding mainstream applications will still require significant
investment. Battery makers are starting to look at silicon
electrodes to improve workhorse lithium-based battery
technology. But the technology most likely to significantly
impact energy storage markets in the near term is
supercapacitors, where there are plenty of opportunities for
better processes and materials. “Supercapacitors are