Battery vs Supercap

Ultracap-Knowledge | Rainer Hake | reading time: 1 minute

The advantages of supercapacitors compared to batteries

ULTRACAPS / Supercapacitors are an important element in energy storage today and are characterized by excellent properties, such as

  • high cycle stability (>1,000,000)
  • high life expectancy (>10 years)
  • wide temperature range (-40 to +70 degrees)
  • high power density (fast charge/discharge capability, 10,000 W/kg)
  • high energy efficiency (>0.95)
  • high vibration resistance
  • high acceleration forces
  • maintenance-free and
  • environmentally friendly materials.

Economically viable use depends on many factors and must be examined on a case-by-case basis. The quickest way to help is a direct comparison based on the following performance parameters.

Battery and Ultracap (Supercap) characteristics

  Ultracap Battery
Energy storage physical chemical
Discharge time 1s - 30s 0,3h - 3h
Charging time 1s - 30s 1h - 5h
Energy density (Wh/kg) 1 - 10 20 - 100
Power density (W/kg) 10.000 50 - 200
Charge/discharge efficiency 0,90 - 0,97 0,70 - 0,90
Charge/discharge cycle > 1.000.0000 500 - 2500
Ambient temperature -40 bis +70 0 - 60

Energy density of ultracaps
- important value for comparison with accumulators

Chart: Energydensity (Wh/kg) / Power density (W/kg) of batteries and capacitors

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Why are components like ultracaps called different names?

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Double layer capacitors (DSK) are referred to synonymously as:

  • EDLC (Electric Double Layer Capacitor)
  • Supercapacitors = Supercaps
  • Ultracapacitors = Ultracaps
  • Goldcap™ [Panasonic]
  • Boostcap™  [Maxwell]
  • Greencap™  [Samwha]
  • PURIXEL™  [Pureechem] for supercap cells
  • PURETRON™  [Pureechem] for supercap modules

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