'Activated graphene' provides supercapacitor energy storage
boost -  Another day, another fascinating use for super-material
graphene.  Scientists at the US Department of Energy's
Brookhaven National Laboratory and University of Texas – Austin
have devised a method of using the atom thin carbon sheets that
is a massive boost in the search for practical supercapacitor
materials.  The new form of carbon can be incorporated into
supercapacitor devices that are able to store massive amounts of
energy while also being able to release it at a quick rate, as
well as offering quick recharge time and 10,000 charge/discharge
lifecycle.  Basically this is everything that is desirable in a
battery, but which is difficult to do with traditional batteries
as they store energy through chemical reactions which take
considerably more time to react than supercapacitors which rely
on charges stored in the form of ions on the surface of
electrodes.  According to one researcher,  such properties make
the new form of carbon highly