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December 1, 2025<\/p>\n

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A newly engineered graphene structure dramatically boosts the energy storage and power capabilities of supercapacitors. Its record performance and scalable production could accelerate electrified transport and fast-charging devices. Credit: Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Engineers have achieved a significant advance in the international effort to create energy storage technologies that combine rapid charging with strong power output, paving the way for next-generation systems in electric transportation, grid support and everyday electronics.<\/p>\n

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According to findings published in\u00a0Nature Communications<\/em>, the researchers have developed a new carbon-based material that enables supercapacitors to hold energy levels comparable to traditional lead-acid batteries while releasing that energy far more quickly than conventional battery designs.<\/p>\n

Supercapacitors are a developing category of energy storage devices that rely on electrostatic charge storage instead of the chemical reactions used in batteries. A long-standing challenge has been that only a small share of the carbon surface area needed for energy storage has been usable.<\/p>\n

Unlocking More of Carbon’s Potential<\/strong><\/p>\n

Professor Mainak Majumder, Director of the ARC Research Hub for Advanced Manufacturing with 2D Materials (AM2D) in Monash’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, participated in the study.<\/p>\n

“Our team has shown how to unlock much more of that surface area by simply changing the way the material is heat-treated,” said Professor Majumder.<\/p>\n

“This discovery could allow us to build fast-charging supercapacitors that store enough energy to replace batteries in many applications, and deliver it far more quickly.”<\/p>\n

Innovative Graphene Architecture Drives the Breakthrough<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The researchers traced this progress to a newly designed material architecture called multiscale reduced graphene oxide (M-rGO), created from natural graphite, an abundant resource in Australia.<\/p>\n

Through a rapid thermal annealing process, the team formed a highly curved graphene structure with controlled pathways that allow ions to move with exceptional speed and efficiency. This produced a material capable of both high energy density and high power density, a combination that is rarely achieved in a single device.<\/p>\n

Record Performance in Real Devices<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Petar Jovanovi\u0107, a research fellow in the ARC AM2D Hub and co-author of the study, explained that when incorporated into pouch cell devices, the Monash supercapacitors demonstrated:<\/p>\n