Jayan Thomas, Ph.D.

Found 7 technologies involving researcher Jayan Thomas, Ph.D.

Storing Energy in a Carbon Fiber-Based Electric Vehicle Body Panel

11614 – Researchers at the University of Central Florida have invented a dual-purpose device that can store energy and provide structural support as a body panel of an electric vehicle. The UCF carbon fiber for storing energy (CASE) electrode achieves more than 100,000 charge-discharge cycles with less than 15 percent degradation of capacitance. With this approach, an electric vehicle can... Read More

Storing Energy in the Carbon Fiber-Based Electric Vehicle Body Panel

34545 – The University of Central Florida invention is a hierarchical architecture‐based carbon fiber for storing energy. The CASE electrode invention has an unprecedented 100,000 charge‐discharge cycles with less performance degradation. Currently, the electric vehicle industry is targeting to achieve more than 500 miles/charge. To increase the miles/charge of the electric vehicles, more... Read More

Graphene-Carbon Fiber Electrodes for Robust Supercapacitors

34229 – Researchers at the University of Central Florida have developed a simple, low-cost method of creating electrodes for flexible, robust supercapacitors. The UCF invention resolves the performance and safety issues associated with producing supercapacitors for wearable electronic devices. It also offers a way to build commercially available supercapacitors with high specific... Read More

Phototransistor Mimics the Synaptic Behavior of Neurons

34446 – Researchers at the University of Central Florida have developed a phototransistor device that can act as an artificial photonic synapse for neuromorphic computing. Ultrathin and highly efficient, the device comprises a superstructure with the fast charge transport capability of graphene (G) and the efficient photogeneration features of perovskite quantum dots (PQDs). The UCF team... Read More

Illustration of the invention’s one-body array of 1D/2D core/shell nanowires. As illustrated, the nanowires are directly integrated on metal current collectors.

Core/Shell Nanowires for High-Performance Flexible Supercapacitors

33802 – Hybrid material offers supercapacitor with unprecedented energy storage, cycle life, strength, and flexibility for next-generation cell phones, displays and wearables UCF researchers have invented novel materials that enable next-generation supercapacitors to outperform current state-of-the-art energy storage technologies, including lithium thin-film batteries, porous graphene,... Read More

Figure 1. Example of the integrated energy harvesting and storage device (IEHSD) interwoven into a jacket.

New Filament Combines Solar Energy Harvesting and Storage Capabilities

33596 – Energy-smart filaments enable soldiers to recharge equipment without weighty, bulky batteries  UCF researchers have invented a weavable filament that both captures and stores solar energy simultaneously—two capabilities that have only been available in separate devices until now. Thin and ribbon-like, the solid-state Integrated Energy Harvesting and Storage Device (IEHSD) enables... Read More

Example of a hologram of city buildings

Holographic 3D Display Achieves Near Real-Time Speed

33011 – Holographic displays attract attention for use in telemedicine, prototyping, updatable 3D maps, military imaging, and other applications that require situational awareness. Also popular in advertising and entertainment, the usefulness of holography is often directly correlated with how long an image can be displayed and how fast and effectively that image can be changed. Currently... Read More