Highlights

This is a selection of publications from the Structural Power Composites Group. For a full list of publications, please see below.

Highlights

Structural power phone

Massless energy

‘Massless’ energy for future electric vehicles using multifunctional structural power composites
Structural supercapacitor citation map

Structural supercapacitors review

A critical review of structural supercapacitors and outlook on future research challenges
Structural power plane

Structural power in electric aircraft

Structural Power Performance Targets for Future Electric Aircraft
Recent progress in free-standing supercapacitors

Free-standing supercapacitors

Challenges and opportunities in free-standing supercapacitors research
CNT-infiltrated CF

CF-CNT structural supercapacitors

Robust Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Infiltrated Carbon Fiber Electrodes for Structural Supercapacitors

Model Car

Multifunctional performance

Mechanical, electrochemical and multifunctional performance of a CFRP/carbon aerogel structural supercapacitor
Student operates flight simulator in the Department of Aeronautics

Structural power in aircraft cabins

Conceptual Multifunctional Design, Feasibility and Requirements for Structural Power in Aircraft Cabins

Citation

BibTex format

@inproceedings{Anthony:2019,
author = {Anthony, D and Nguyen, S and Senokos, E and Bismarck, A and Kucernak, A and Greenhalgh, E and Shaffer, M},
pages = {1--7},
publisher = {Engineers Australia},
title = {Hierarchical carbon aerogel modified carbon fiber composites for structural power applications},
url = {https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=855203186188530;res=IELENG},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - The desire to reduce overall weight in devices is a key driver for perpetual material development; the ability to combine composites with energy storage functions/capabilities which simultaneously provide structural integrity has the potential to supersede monofunctional components. To achieve this ambition, the multifunctional structure must perform both mechanical and energy storage functions sufficiently, but often there is a trade off in performance which is a significant challenge to overcome. Carbon aerogels have been shown to contribute positively to (electro-chemical double layer) capacitive performance due to an increased surface area in multifunctional carbon fiber based composite electrodes, but have also been shown to reduce mechanical properties; the addition of nanoscale reinforcers, such as carbon nanotubes, graphene or alike, with their superlative electrical and mechanical properties are proposed to address these concerns and create a truly hierarchical structure suitable for structural power applications.
AU  - Anthony,D
AU  - Nguyen,S
AU  - Senokos,E
AU  - Bismarck,A
AU  - Kucernak,A
AU  - Greenhalgh,E
AU  - Shaffer,M
EP  - 7
PB  - Engineers Australia
PY  - 2019///
SP  - 1
TI  - Hierarchical carbon aerogel modified carbon fiber composites for structural power applications
UR  - https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=855203186188530;res=IELENG
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/80316
ER  -
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Professor Emile S Greenhalgh
Department of Aeronautics
Imperial College London
South Kensington Campus
London SW7 2AZ

+44 (0)7958 210 089
e.greenhalgh@imperial.ac.uk