Publications

Highlights

This is a selection of publications from the Structural Power Composites Group. For a full list of publications, please see below.

Highlights

Structural power phone

Massless energy

‘Massless’ energy for future electric vehicles using multifunctional structural power composites
Structural supercapacitor citation map

Structural supercapacitors review

A critical review of structural supercapacitors and outlook on future research challenges
Structural power plane

Structural power in electric aircraft

Structural Power Performance Targets for Future Electric Aircraft
Recent progress in free-standing supercapacitors

Free-standing supercapacitors

Challenges and opportunities in free-standing supercapacitors research
CNT-infiltrated CF

CF-CNT structural supercapacitors

Robust Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Infiltrated Carbon Fiber Electrodes for Structural Supercapacitors

Model Car

Multifunctional performance

Mechanical, electrochemical and multifunctional performance of a CFRP/carbon aerogel structural supercapacitor
Student operates flight simulator in the Department of Aeronautics

Structural power in aircraft cabins

Conceptual Multifunctional Design, Feasibility and Requirements for Structural Power in Aircraft Cabins

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Greenhalgh:2023:10.1016/j.compscitech.2023.109968,
author = {Greenhalgh, ES and Nguyen, S and Valkova, M and Shirshova, N and Shaffer, MSP and Kucernak, ARJ},
doi = {10.1016/j.compscitech.2023.109968},
journal = {Composites Science and Technology},
pages = {1--19},
title = {A critical review of structural supercapacitors and outlook on future research challenges},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2023.109968},
volume = {235},
year = {2023}
}
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RIS format (EndNote, RefMan)

TY  - JOUR
AB  - Structural composites and electrochemical energy storage underpin electrification of transportation, but advances in electric vehicles are shackled by parasitic battery mass. The emergence of structural power composites, multifunctional materials that simultaneously carry structural loads whilst storing electrical energy, promises dramatic improvements in effective performance Here, we assess the literature on structural supercapacitors, not only providing a comprehensive and critical review of the constituent (i.e., structural electrode, structural electrolyte and structural separator) developments, but also considering manufacture, characterisation, scale-up, modelling and design/demonstration. We provide a rigorous analysis of the multifunctional performance data reported in the literature, providing the reader with a detailed comparison between the different structural supercapacitor developments. We conclude with insights into the future research and adoption challenges for structural supercapacitors. There are several significant hurdles which must be addressed to mature this technology. These include development of a processable structural electrolyte; optimisation of current collection to facilitate device scale-up; identification of load-transmitting encapsulation solutions; standard protocols for characterisation and ranking of structural supercapacitors and; predictive multiphysics models for structural supercapacitors. Through addressing such issues, these emerging multifunctional materials will deliver a novel lightweighting strategy that can contribute to managing the ongoing climate crisis.
AU  - Greenhalgh,ES
AU  - Nguyen,S
AU  - Valkova,M
AU  - Shirshova,N
AU  - Shaffer,MSP
AU  - Kucernak,ARJ
DO  - 10.1016/j.compscitech.2023.109968
EP  - 19
PY  - 2023///
SN  - 0266-3538
SP  - 1
TI  - A critical review of structural supercapacitors and outlook on future research challenges
T2  - Composites Science and Technology
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2023.109968
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/103613
VL  - 235
ER  -
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