Energy storage on chip itself

[hayskeys]

http://phys.org/news/2016-02-reveals-carbon-microchips-energy-storage.html

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After more than half a decade of speculation, fabrication, modeling and testing, an international team of researchers led by Drexel University's Dr. Yury Gogotsi and Dr. Patrice Simon, of Paul Sabatier University in Toulouse, France, have confirmed that their process for making carbon films and micro-supercapacitors will allow microchips and their power sources to become one and the same.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(A silicon wafer containing 40 micro-supercapacitors. Credit: Lethien/IEMN)

 

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Beyond the energy storage applications, these carbon films offer good prospects for the development of elastic coatings with a low coefficient of friction that can be used in lubricant-free sliding parts, such as dynamic seals. They may also be used in production of membranes for gas filtration, water desalination or purification, because their pore size is in the range of single molecules. The carbon films produced by this method are quite versatile and may find applications in many areas.

 

[WaterproofBeanie]

Wouldn't that increase heat output by a lot?

[hayskeys]

Possibly? I don't exactly see why storing the energy on the chip would cause it to run hotter. 

[Cheeky Leo]

29 minutes ago, hayskeys said:

Possibly? I don't exactly see why storing the energy on the chip would cause it to run hotter. 

I suppose it would get hotter, because the energy density is much higher, with a chip producing heat and power on top, but with this size it does not produce high temperatures.

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[Squirrel724]

4 hours ago, Cheeky Leo said:

I suppose it would get hotter, because the energy density is much higher, with a chip producing heat and power on top, but with this size it does not produce high temperatures.

There wouldn't be any heat output from storing the energy. The only potential heat generating point would be charging the energy source (assuming this is something similar to a battery or capacitor) though they would keep the charge rate limited to a point where the heat produced would be controllable.

[bob345]

taking system on a chip to a whole new level.

[Ken_Sherb]

5 hours ago, hayskeys said:

Possibly? I don't exactly see why storing the energy on the chip would cause it to run hotter. 

No wire is perfectly effecient so when electrons fly of the wire they become heat. I believe that's how it works not 100% sure.