Defense Intelligence Reference Document Ultracapacitors As Energy And Power Storage Devices

This Defense Intelligence Reference Document from the Defense Intelligence Agency, dated 1 November 2010, was one of a series of advanced technology reports produced in FY 2010 under the Advanced Aerospace Weapons System Applications (AAWSA) Program. It reviews ultracapacitors as energy and power storage devices. It covers how they work, their materials, their commercial and military uses, and new developments such as carbon nanotubes, thin films and magnetic capacitors. It concludes that the U.S. government must understand and adopt advanced ultracapacitors.

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Stimulated Discharge
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areas of research such as circuit vulnerability analysis, reversible manufacturing and
construction techniques used in fabrication, stimulation of nondestructive and controlled
discharge evaluations, and laboratory stimulated discharge experiments.
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