To meet the power demands of modern devices, researchers have been looking for materials that can store more and more electricity. That’s where the use of industrial glass comes in. Industrial glass is stronger and more durable than the glass in household windowpanes and mirrors, and it’s more resistant to repeated chemical reactions. Materials scientists at Pennsylvania State University, University Park, have now found that an extremely thin piece of the industrial glass called barium boroaluminosilicate ---- which is used in flat-panel TV displays ---- can hold more than twice as much electrical charge as polypropylene,, which is currently the most common material for high-energy capacitors.
为满足现代仪器的电能需求，研究者们一直在寻找可以储存越来越多电量的材料，于是人们开始使用工业玻璃。工业玻璃比家用玻璃和玻璃镜更牢固、更耐用，而且更经得起反复的化学反应。宾夕法尼亚州立大学帕克分校的材料学科学家们如今已发现，用来制作平板电视显示器的一种叫做硼铝硅酸钡的极薄的工业玻璃片，储存的电量可以比聚丙烯多两倍有余，而聚丙烯正是当下高能电容器最常用的介质。
