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{Shirshova:2013:10.1016/j.compositesa.2012.10.007,
author = {Shirshova, N and Qian, H and Shaffer, MSP and Steinke, JHG and Greenhalgh, ES and Curtis, PT and Kucernak, A and Bismarck, A},
doi = {10.1016/j.compositesa.2012.10.007},
journal = {Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing},
pages = {96--107},
title = {Structural composite supercapacitors},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2012.10.007},
volume = {46},
year = {2013}
}
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RIS format (EndNote, RefMan)

TY  - JOUR
AB  - This paper presents the development of multifunctional materials that perform a structural role whilst simultaneously storing electrical energy as a supercapacitor. Two structural carbon fibre woven electrodeswere separated by a woven glass fibre layer, and infused with a multifunctional polymer electrolyte. Following characterisation of electrochemical and compressive performance, working structural supercapacitor prototypes were demonstrated. Since the relative mechanical and electrical demands are application specific, an optimisation methodology is proposed. Multifunctional composites were achieved, which had compressive moduli of up to 39 GPa and capacitances of up to 52 mF g 1.
AU  - Shirshova,N
AU  - Qian,H
AU  - Shaffer,MSP
AU  - Steinke,JHG
AU  - Greenhalgh,ES
AU  - Curtis,PT
AU  - Kucernak,A
AU  - Bismarck,A
DO  - 10.1016/j.compositesa.2012.10.007
EP  - 107
PY  - 2013///
SN  - 1359-835X
SP  - 96
TI  - Structural composite supercapacitors
T2  - Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2012.10.007
VL  - 46
ER  -
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Professor Emile S Greenhalgh
Department of Aeronautics
Imperial College London
South Kensington Campus
London SW7 2AZ

+44 (0)7958 210 089
e.greenhalgh@imperial.ac.uk