A team in Italy led by Douglas Boin, a professor in Saint Louis University’s History Department, excavated three walls belonging to an Ancient Roman Cult Temple in the summer of 2023, a discovery with major implications for our understanding of Roman History. Through geophysical scanning, a technological process that can model sub-terrestrial materials, his team.
TRANS2DCHEM, or “Transition of 2D chemistry-based supercapacitor electrode material from proof of concept to applications”, is a project that received € 2,485,717 from the EIC to create supercapacitors with increased energy density (above 50 Wh/L, which is about twice as much as the best components on the current market). This will allow their widespread use in electric cars as well as a battery support in devices that need to be supplied with large amounts of energy in a very short time. Image Theoretical model of GN3 structural fragment; image credit: CATRIN RCPTM The researchers involved in the project utilize highly nitrogen doped graphene material (SC-GN3), offering energy density up to 200 Wh/L at a power of 2.6 kW/L, 170 Wh/L at 5.2 kW/L, and 143 Wh/L at 52 kW/L. The international team is developing supercapacitor prototypes, with manufacturing techniques that adhere to industry standards of leading supercapacitors manufacturers.