Super Capacitors

Ionic’s planar super-capacitors form the basis of our energy storage products. Our research suggests they are smaller, better, faster and have a range of other superior features to existing products: high resolution; small feature size; high throughput; complex geometries; and high conductivity.

Ionic has, for five years, been involved in work being done by Monash on planar super-capacitors using a direct-write technology that employs a focussed ion beam.

Ionic considers that super-capacitors and nano-capacitors are the next step in the evolution of energy storage. Research and development expenditure on these devices is advancing quickly and the research indicates these devices have many advantages over current battery technology. Chemical batteries are a fairly mature technology that has limited scope for further improvement. This aging technology is likely to be overtaken by radically different energy storage systems based on new physics that will greatly exceed the performance limits of chemical batteries.

Ionic Industries is fortunate to be in on the ground floor of this potential technology revolution and, despite significant competition, we aim to be a major player in its development.