Iran ranks among top five manufacturers of electrochemical supercapacitors
Iran has become the fifth country to acquire the technology for designing and manufacturing electrochemical supercapacitors (ECSCs) — advanced industrial capacitors with applications in electric vehicles, elevators, and wind turbines — according to a senior official at the Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research (ACECR).
The head of the Chemical Industries Research Group at the ACECR announced that the academic center has successfully designed and built an indigenous electrochemical supercapacitor, placing Iran among the five countries possessing the cutting-edge technology, ISNA reported.
Nourali Mohammadi said that previously, the know-how for producing industrial supercapacitors was held exclusively by four countries including Canada, South Korea, China, and the United States.
Highlighting the significance of the achievement, Mohammadi noted that prior to this, the industrial supercapacitor production savvy had been monopolized by the four countries, adding that a laboratory-scale prototype of the product had been developed with quality comparable to that of highly advanced foreign models.
The head of the research group identified applications for the product in electric vehicles, elevators, and wind turbines, adding that these supercapacitors have a physical lifespan of about 10 years and a cycle life of more than one million cycles, while releasing energy in a much shorter time than conventional batteries.
Regarding the challenges of production, Mohammadi said that building an industrial supercapacitor had not been an easy task, and that to move forward with development and enter mass production and commercialization, support from both private and public sector investors is required.