Boston Globe Media features our work on carbon-cement supercapacitors in a new article exploring how the technology could be a bulk energy storage solution for renewable sources like solar. “‘Energy storage is a global problem,’ said Franz-Josef Ulm, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at MIT and one of the creators of the supercapacitor. ‘If we want to curb the environmental footprint, we need to get serious and come up with innovative ideas to reach these goals.’”

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