Structural Power Composites
Structural power composites are expected to impact everyday life as we seek to generate, store and consume energy differently.
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Structural power composites are enabling technologies for more aerodynamic slender wings and innovative aircraft designs featuring electrical energy stored within the aircraft structural material.
Structural power composites can provide greater design freedom in sustainable transportation to enable engineering of lighter, more spacious electric vehicles that have greater drive endurance.
Ultra-thin and light portable electronic devices could exploit structural power composite casings to eliminate bulky batteries or enhance the battery lifetime by reducing the frequency of charging.
The Team at Imperial College London is demonstrating the potential of structural power composites in industrial applications.
Material development for structural power composites will be key to their success, hierarchical structures/architectures, and electroactive materials are being investigated.
Structural supercapacitor research landscape: organisational network based on citation links between institutes and organisations with colours based on closely linked groups.
Structural Power Composites Research
Structural Batteries Research
Structural battery composites comprising lithium iron phosphate coated carbon fibres and solid polymer electrolytes can be used to store energy in the structure of electric vehicles.
Structural Supercapacitors Research
Structural supercapacitor composites can be made using carbon aerogel reinforced carbon fibre fabrics, glass fibre fabric or non-woven polymer separators and a multifunctional matrix.
