Polymer alloy film (IMAGE)

Penn State

Polymer alloy film

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Researchers developed a polymer capacitor by combining two cheap, commercially available plastics. The new polymer capacitor makes use of the transparent material — pictured here, with vintage Penn State athletic marks visible through it — to store four times the energy and withstand significantly more heat.

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Qiming Zhang and team/Penn State

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