# Carbon Film Batteries **URL:** \ **Category:** Battery & Chargers\ **Created:** [February 26, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/carbon-film-batteries/1133 "2009-02-26T18:02:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![new\_dawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ad7895/32.png) [@new\_dawn](https://community.electricforum.com/u/new_dawn)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/carbon-film-batteries/1133/1 "2009-02-26T18:02:40Z")
Is this what we are waiting for? Lets hope they can develop this into a great replacement for the EV market:cool: > **[Carbon Nanotube Supercapacitors May Replace Clunky Car Batteries](https://gizmodo.com/carbon-nanotube-supercapacitors-may-replace-clunky-car-5052974)** > > Carbon nanotubes are one of the surprising new carbon supermaterials, and it looks like their application in supercapacitors may have a role in replacing clunky old car battery tech. Scientists at the University of Texas at Dallas have invented a... > **[Carbon Film Nanotubes to Be Used in Storing High Amount of Charge - The Green...](https://www.greenoptimistic.com/carbon-film-nanotubes-battery-20090111/)** > > Films of carbon nanotubes could be used to store lithium or liquid electrolytes in future battery electrodes. The capacitance of the films is one of the highest ever measured for carbon nanotubes. [http://www.zangani.com/node/3018](http://www.zangani.com/node/3018) [http://www.research.ucla.edu/tech/ucla07-520.htm](http://www.research.ucla.edu/tech/ucla07-520.htm) ---
**Author:** ![chiques](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chiques](https://community.electricforum.com/u/chiques)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 8:52am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/carbon-film-batteries/1133/2 "2009-02-27T08:52:50Z")
It sounds promising. Let’s hope Chevron doesn’t butt in and try to kill these movements like they helped kill the EV1 project with GM.