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Swedish researchers explore use of carbon fiber as active electrode in structural battery for electric vehicles

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Researchers in Sweden are exploring the use of carbon fiber as an active electrode in a multifunctional structural Li-ion battery in an electric car; i.e., electrical storage is incorporated into the body of the car. In a paper presented at the Materials Research Society Symposium in 2005, South et al. Electrochem.

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European Researchers Developing Multifunctional Structural Composite Material That Can Double as Energy Storage

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In a paper presented at the Materials Research Society Symposium in 2005, South et al. The laminated architecture of fibre composites mirrors the configuration of many current electrical storage devices. Wetzel (2005) Multifunctional Power-Generating and Energy-Storing Structural Composites for US Army Applications (Mater.