EETimes.com - Supercap material company gets grant and CEO

Peter Clarke (11/16/2009 11:27 AM EST) LONDON — Y-Carbon Inc., a nanomaterials company founded in 2004, working on nanoporous carbon, has announced that it has been awarded research funding from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Defense under the SBIR grant program. The size of the grant was not disclosed but is targeted at developing advanced supercapacitors. Supercapacitors are rechargeable devices that store electrical energy, and are capable of more powerful and more rapid energy discharge than conventional batteries. The use of porous carbon materials could enable improved energy storage enabling the use of supercapacitors in consumer and mobile devices and hybrid electric vehicles.

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