The Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) and the European Space Agency (ESA) are joining forces to revolutionise the launch phases of spacecraft, with the aim of enabling super-capacitators, expanding the range of space exploration.
Harnessing the capacities of electricity storage technologies whose low weight and non-flammability make them particularly relevant for space applications, the collaborators hope to be able to develop the scope of low capacity flexible super-capacitators, writing a new chapter in the history of Luxembourg’s space conquest.
The teams will use graphene, a bi-dimensional mono-sheet of carbon atoms extracted for the first time in 2004, resulting in a Noble Prize for the scientists concerned. Coordinated by Renaud Leturcq, the first demonstrators are expected by the end of 2017.
