--- title: This Microcapacitor Charges 100 Million Times Faster... description: Tiny microcapacitors made of hafnium oxide and zirconium oxide can store 9 times more energy and provide 170 times more power in a given area. These... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/this-microcapacitor-charges-100-million-times-faster-than-lithium-ion-batteries-l4bsp1bii twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: This Microcapacitor Charges 100 Million Times Faster Than Lithium-ion Batteries | daily.dev og:description: Tiny microcapacitors made of hafnium oxide and zirconium oxide can store 9 times more energy and provide 170 times more power in a given area. These... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/this-microcapacitor-charges-100-million-times-faster-than-lithium-ion-batteries-l4bsp1bii og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/l4bsp1biI.png og:image:alt: This Microcapacitor Charges 100 Million Times Faster Than Lithium-ion Batteries og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # This Microcapacitor Charges 100 Million Times Faster Than Lithium-ion Batteries **[IEEE Spectrum](https://daily.dev/sources/ieeespectrum)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Tiny microcapacitors made of hafnium oxide and zirconium oxide can store 9 times more energy and provide 170 times more power in a given area. These microcapacitors can be made using the same materials and techniques as DRAM, and have potential applications in computing, medical devices, robots, and cell phones. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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