EEStor Musings
• arcleinA theory that a mechanism exists which can store more than 20,000J/cc is afoot at Penn State. But it cannot be talked about. Actually, it can be talked about but the talkers can't be named although if you read this blog, you would be in a proper position to form a theory.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2010
One
of the more interesting aspects of following the EEStor story is the
belief among numerous reputable individuals that what EEStor has
claimed to do is impossible. Skeptics say there are no known materials,
in the capacitor realm, that can store between 10 and 20 thousand
Joules/cc (EEStor's proposed energy density) due to phenomena known as
saturation & breakdown respectively. While most academics are
cautious about saying something is impossible, some are confident
enough with regard to EEStor to say it will never happen.
What
seems to be a unanimous opinion among those skilled in the art of
capacitor materials is that the mechanism EEStor is exploiting to gain
incredible energy density can not be a simple dipole system
because the ion would be stretched outside the unit cell. (gross
oversimplification: the toothpick can only be bent so far before it
breaks...yielding toothpick.... pieces). But the data and presentation of EEStor's program as found in it's patents seem to suggest a simple dipole system is in use.
